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Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within Reviews

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Directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi (who also created the best-selling series of video games that inspired the film), the groundbreaking FINAL FANTASY, which stars a startlingly lifelike cast of animated characters, is the first photo-realistic computer-generated feature film ever made. In the year 2065, Earth has been taken over by .. Read more

Starring	Alec Baldwin, Ming-Na Wen, Peri Gilpin, Ving Rhames
Director	Hironobu Sakaguchi
Genres	Action/Adventure, Animated, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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- "...Sci-fi fans and programmers will find it hard to contain their glee as battleships explode in vibrant shades of orange and red....The alien phantoms, luminous and ethereal, are both beautiful and terrifying..."
- 9657
- - Total Film
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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  - 7
  An impressive spectable but lacking in that little something extra
  
  I don't think you can say this is a bad film. It has an interesting premise, the outline of interesting characters, a superb voice cast and visual effects ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Darth Egregious
  - London
  - 12 Aug 2005 at 15:40
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  - 0
  Good Stuff
  
  Very entertaining film. It had a really interesting premise and followed through on it nicely.
  
  The CGI was top notch and felt, at times, that I was ... read more »
  
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- 1105551
- - a customer
  - 25 Mar 2012 at 14:28
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  Y U No Look Like Your Character Steve Buscemi?
  
  This CGI movie has it all...a star studded cast, an interesting premise, absolutely spectacular graphics and plenty of explosions but, like a supermodel ... read more »
  
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- 1099185
- - WongOrWhite
  - 66 reviews
  - 04 Mar 2012 at 18:52
- - 0
  - 0
  Not what I expected
  
  I was expecting a lot more from this film, very slow and, well, boring. I'll find something positive....it looks good, but, that's about it. Don't ... read more »
  
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- 1098989
- - mikelen1979
  - 4 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 04 Mar 2012 at 10:37
- - 1
  - 0
  A Gem you musnt miss
  
  This film is absolutely beautiful. Amazingly crafted through CGI that is so well done, the storyline & characters so rich & rounded, it isn't long ... read more »
  
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- 1091070
- - Dbuzzy
  - 13 reviews
  - 11 Feb 2012 at 02:19
- - 2
  - 0
  Cutting edge CGI classic
  
  It was this exact kind of movie that inspired thousands of brilliant Artists, hundreds of studios and millions of dedicated fans the world over to keep pushing ... read more »
  
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- 1090335
- - WallofBullets
  - 3 reviews
  - 09 Feb 2012 at 00:01
- - 0
  - 18
  dated graphics -- my ps3 is better
  
  dated graphics - my ps3 has better intro movies than this film, very dated graphics -- graphics supposed to be amazing but very dated and this movie is all ... read more »
  
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- 1089547
- - a customer
  - 06 Feb 2012 at 19:53
- - 0
  - 0
  Good Story, Great Visuals, Worth Watching!
  
  The technical stand-point alone makes this film stand out against films of its kind at that time.
  
  Terribly under-rated by reviewers and critics in ... read more »
  
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- - IainMur
  - 4 reviews
  - 21 Jan 2012 at 23:41
- - 1
  - 0
  great graphics
  
  forgotten how how this film is! One of its first kind of animated films which captures human resemblance. Hard to believe its 10 years old!
  
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- 1078501
- - hettiking
  - 1 review
  - 04 Jan 2012 at 18:36
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  - 0
  Impressive, Great
  
  I personally enjoyed this film. It has an interesting premise, the outline of interesting characters, a superb voice cast and visual effects which are ... read more »
  
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- 1019229
- - Yuna
  - 21 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 19 Jul 2011 at 15:18
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  - 0
  not bad
  
  before renting this i had herd of the computer games allthough never having played it i thought it would be good as some of the movies made from the game are,<... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - glasgow
  - 24 Jul 2010 at 12:30
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- - 12
  - 7
  An impressive spectable but lacking in that little something extra
  
  I don't think you can say this is a bad film. It has an interesting premise, the outline of interesting characters, a superb voice cast and visual effects ... read more »
  
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- 139433
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  - Darth Egregious
  - London
  - 12 Aug 2005 at 15:40
- - 6
  - 2
  Final fantasy - hopefully it's final!!!
  
  As someone who has played FFVII and 9 on the original PlayStation (and loved them), and egged on by the reviews above, I decided to give this one a go.
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- - Jimbo747
  - Monmouthshire
  - 31 Oct 2004 at 00:01
- - 4
  - 1
  Could be better
  
  This is an alright film but could be better. They've combined a great graphics with an excellent inventiveness when coming to the world and the technology, ... read more »
  
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- - anonimity
  - Yorkshire, England
  - 20 Feb 2005 at 14:04
- - 3
  - 0
  Never having played ...
  
  Never having played the video game, I'm very definitely not the "typical" audience for this film. However, the animation literally blows you away... read more »
  
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- 33281
- - Paul#462
  - GOUROCK
  - 16 Apr 2004 at 19:35
- - 3
  - 1
  The gaming experience
  
  Watching this film was like bringing a futuristic prototype X box video game to life on a screen, in a non-interactive way.
  
  The characters are life-... read more »
  
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- 317817
- - maserade
  - Beds
  - 04 Jan 2005 at 17:16
- - 2
  - 0
  Nice GFX but I fell asleep!
  
  Yeah it was certainly pretty but seemed to lose its way towards the end, play the games instead.
  
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- 171116
- - a customer
  - Land of the ungodly.
  - 07 Nov 2005 at 16:11
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  You need to watch the director's comments
  
  This film is graphically fantastic but unfortunately they didn't manage to tell the story properly. It's only when you hear the director's comments ... read more »
  
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  - Chantal
  - 1037 reviews
  - London
  - 11 Dec 2005 at 23:51
- - 2
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  Cutting edge CGI classic
  
  It was this exact kind of movie that inspired thousands of brilliant Artists, hundreds of studios and millions of dedicated fans the world over to keep pushing ... read more »
  
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- 1090335
- - WallofBullets
  - 3 reviews
  - 09 Feb 2012 at 00:01
- - 2
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  Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within
  
  First, a disclaimer: were it not for my already being a long-term fan of the Final Fantasy RPG franchise, I wouldn't have given this film a second glance. ... read more »
  
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- - Trafalgar
  - 2 reviews
  - Manchester, England
  - 08 May 2010 at 01:09
- - 1
  - 0
  Great visuals, shame about the film.
  
  The story is complete nonsense, the scenes are riddled with SF-movie cliches, and the dialogue is banal. However, the film is worth watching purely for the ... read more »
  
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- 9922
- - a customer
  - The North of England
  - 09 Jul 2004 at 13:54

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Critics' reviews
- "...Sci-fi fans and programmers will find it hard to contain their glee as battleships explode in vibrant shades of orange and red....The alien phantoms, luminous and ethereal, are both beautiful and terrifying..."
- 9657
- - Total Film
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- Some excellent animation, coming close to creating actors as real as many flesh-and-blood stars, is not enough to save a narrative that is both clichéd and unconvincingly mystical.
- 31285
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- "...Those being inducted to FINAL FANTASY through THE SPIRITS WITHIN will marvel at the technical expertise of game-producer-turned-director Hironobu Sakaguchi..."
- 9656
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Visually impressive....[The] voicing is solid down the line....[The film] evinces a craftsmanlike fastidiousness throughout all levels of production..."
- 9659
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...A mesmerizing technical achievement....These computer-created characters represent a cinematic art of the future....It's a great wow..."
- 9653
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- A computer-generated story of earthlings battling wraithlike alien invaders. It's 2065; lithe scientist Dr Aki Ross... read more on Time Out
- 44519
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14

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  Directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi (who also created the best-selling series of video games that inspired the film), the groundbreaking FINAL FANTASY, which stars a startlingly lifelike cast of animated characters, is the first photo-realistic computer-generated feature film ever made. In the year 2065,...

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