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Mood:
Clever Offbeat Witty Humorous Stylized Biting
Plot:
Rise To the Top Cons and Scams Media Satire Showbiz Ambition Artists and Showbiz Dishonesty Media
Genres:
Comedy Drama
Time/Period:
Contemporary 21st Century
Place:
Hollywood
Humor:
Satire Irreverent Humor
Style:
Film in Film
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S1m0ne, 2002

Starring: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener

Directed by: Andrew Niccol

Written by: Andrew Niccol

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 117 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:6.1

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The mood of S1m0ne is clever, offbeat, and witty. The plot centers around media satire, a rise to the top, and media. It features satire and irreverent humor. S1m0ne is a comedy and drama movie. Stylistically, it is a film in a film. In approach, it is realistic. S1m0ne is set in Hollywood. It happens in contemporary times.

Summary of S1m0ne

Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) is a washed-up director. The beautiful Nicola (Winona Ryder), has just walked off the set of his last film, and the head of the studio--who also happens to be his ex-wife (Catherine Keener)--has just cancelled his contract. Just as a virtually hopeless Taransky is left wondering what is wrong with Hollywood, inventor Hank Aleno (Elias Koteas) presents him with a bombshell: a virtual actress. Created from computer code, Hank's invention--deemed S1M0NE from the abbreviated Simulation 1 and morphed into Simone for the masses--is beautiful, talented, and breathtakingly real. Soon, Taransky is editing Simone's image into his films and creating masterpieces. He devises elaborate schemes to make Simone appear to be human, all the while masterminding her every move. As Simone becomes an international superstar, a bewildered Taransky is left to wonder how real Simone actually is and how much power she has over him. But his attempts to sabotage her career only drag him further into the media frenzy that his creation attracts. Written and directed by Andrew Niccol (GATTACA), S1M0NE proves to be an interesting and insightful look at the movie business and the star-hungry media.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	23 August 2002
Runtime:	117 min

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Al Pacino

as Viktor Taransky

Catherine Keener

as Elaine Christian

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Entertainment Weekly

The movie pretends to warn against such shallowness -- but flaunts its arousal at how exciting such a controllable world is for those with access to the software. Full Review

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by: Lisa Schwarzbaum

The Onion (A.V. Club)

The best scenes play like "Frankenstein" revisited, with a comically bedraggled Pacino cast as the mad scientist trying to protect his runaway creation from a rabid public. Full Review

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by: Scott Tobias

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La idea es buena pero exagera demasiado

El concepto original es interesante, mas hoy porque no es tan irreal pero en algunas partes la pelicula exagera demasiado. Read and rate it

14.December.2009
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by: hystrix
hystrix rated this movie7/10Good

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