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Code 46, 2003

Starring: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton

Directed by: Michael Winterbottom

Written by: Frank Cottrell Boyce

Language: English

Country: UK

Runtime: 93 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.3

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Code 46 can be described as gloomy, stylized, and atmospheric. The plot revolves around a love affair, themes of life is a bitch, and dishonesty. The main genres are drama, sci-fi, and romance. In approach, Code 46 is serious. It is located in China. It takes place in the future. Note that Code 46 involves brief nudity.

Summary of Code 46

Set in Shanghai in the near future, CODE 46 takes place in a world where in-vitro fertilization, embryo splitting, and cloning have become so widespread that the government monitors all pregnancies to avoid incestuous births, whether on purpose or accidental. In Michael Winterbottom's science-fiction love story, Tim Robbins stars as Will, a fraud investigator who shows up at the huge Sphinx corporation to find out which employee has been making fake papelles--identity papers that allow people to travel. With an empathy virus inside of him so he can read people's minds, Will discovers that Maria Gonzalez (Samantha Morton) is the culprit, but he instantly falls in love with her and turns in someone else in her place, leading to a dangerous affair that jeopardizes his family, his career, and his life.

The blossoming romance between Will and Maria is reminiscent of the classic BRIEF ENCOUNTER, in which two people are willing to risk so much for true love. Winterbottom, who previously scored such indie hits as 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE and WONDERLAND, combines with screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce, Academy Award winner Robbins, and Oscar nominee Morton in creating a unique vision of a technologically advanced but emotionally vapid future--except for those citizens who have been banished to the outside, where they struggle every day but have a greater understanding of what's real. CODE 46 is filled with twists, with the unexpected waiting around every corner, but at the heart of the film is the heartbreaking relationship between two compelling cinematic characters.

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Language:	English
Country:	UK
Release date:	6 August 2004
Runtime:	93 min

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Tim Robbins

as William Geld

Samantha Morton

as Maria Gonzales

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Entertainment Weekly

Code 46 has a noirish fatalism that renders it a close cousin to ''Blade Runner,'' but Winterbottom's film, shot mostly in the light, uses the theme of memory erasure to peer into the eternal sunshine of tragically altered minds. Full Review

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by: Owen Gleiberman

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

It all contributes to a vision of the future that is as haunting as it is dispiriting. Full Review

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by: Jason Anderson

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I loved this film. Tim Robbins, and Samantha Morton have a smoldering love affair, twice. I like to watch movies that take you to another place, or time. Samantha Morton (In America) is soooo gooood in this movie. She is beautiful and sexy, and... Read and rate it

10.January.2011
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by: Netflowers
Netflowers rated this movie0/10

After watching, I was shocked to come back here and find that the film was categorized as a Romantic Drama. Where was the romance? Robbins, the main character, clearly does otherwise-irrational things because of this woman, but nowhere in his acting... Read and rate it

03.June.2009
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by: CWuestefeld
CWuestefeld rated this movie4/10Disappointing

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