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2001

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Director Richard Linklater presents this computer-animated, dreamlike, meandering film about a college-age man (Wiley Wiggins) who floats in and out of a series of philosophical discussions and ethereal experiences, meeting an interesting cast of characters along the way. Each character that Wiley meets engages him in an .. Read more

Starring	Nicky Katt, Steven Soderbergh, Richard Linklater, Glover Gill
Director	Richard Linklater
Genres	Drama

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  - 3
  A Drunken Conversation of a film
  
  An hour and a half of constant, disparate philosophical ramblings from every branch, knot and sodden hole of academia doesn't sound like a barrel of laughs... read more »
  
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  - deadmanjones
  - 34 reviews
  - Stockport
  - 06 Mar 2004 at 14:55
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  - 0
  In a word, awful
  
  This film is the quintessentially American blend of pretentiousness and ignorance. It seems to think it can come across as being amazingly deep by presenting ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 29 Nov 2011 at 20:08
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  I'm unsure
  
  I didn't know what I thought. On one hand there were great ideas there. On the other hand some of the philosophical ramblings were a bit over the top.read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 29 Jul 2011 at 11:30
- - 0
  - 0
  a poor mans drunken slacker
  
  I feel for Linklater I mean the guy has pumped out some amazing movies (Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Suburbia) and I thought that this movie definately had ... read more »
  
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- - adamlikesthings
  - 11 reviews
  - St. Andrews
  - 10 Jun 2011 at 09:15
- - 2
  - 1
  a pile of poo
  
  Trying to be a bit like the book on philosophy 'Sophie's World' but, was too slow and pretentious for me. Bo-ring.
  
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- - a customer
  - london
  - 02 May 2010 at 17:31
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  RICHARD LINKLATER
  
  I love his films and I have to admit this is the most challenging. Great amination.
  
  It starts of so well and then drifts into uni style ramblings ... read more »
  
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- - Randomfilmbuff
  - 327 reviews
  - London
  - 27 Sep 2009 at 17:36
- - 1
  - 0
  Attending a seminar!
  
  Whilst the visuals are fascinating and occasionally stunning, the content of this film is only for enthusiasts. It consists of a series of speeches about the ... read more »
  
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- 804601
- - Projectionist
  - 9 reviews
  - Stockport
  - 30 Aug 2009 at 10:15
- - 0
  - 0
  Innovative pretentiousness
  
  Although innovative in its presentation (if a little hard to focus you eyes without feeling nauseous) the dialogue of this film is only going to appeal to art ... read more »
  
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  - Koppert
  - 257 reviews
  - Scarborough
  - 13 Jun 2009 at 19:46
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  - 0
  Like a drug.
  
  At times - specially in the second act - this film can feel like a pretentious student trying to make you feel like you're an idiot whilst they ramble on ... read more »
  
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- - Bezman
  - 82 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 18 Mar 2009 at 13:17
- - 0
  - 0
  More like decorated radio than a film
  
  This film was really good and if you listen to the converstions the main charachter has rather than anticipating a plot it can be entertaining. If you are not a... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Chesham
  - 01 Feb 2009 at 22:54
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  One for the explorer.
  
  For those of you who like to ask questions (not during the film mind you, that’s just annoying). “Waking Life” is a talky centred on the spirit ... read more »
  
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- - Lycoss
  - 1 review
  - Crawley
  - 17 Oct 2008 at 14:21
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- - 20
  - 3
  A Drunken Conversation of a film
  
  An hour and a half of constant, disparate philosophical ramblings from every branch, knot and sodden hole of academia doesn't sound like a barrel of laughs... read more »
  
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- 300792
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  - deadmanjones
  - 34 reviews
  - Stockport
  - 06 Mar 2004 at 14:55
- - 11
  - 0
  Something a little different...
  
  Original and thought-provoking, but a bit dull. Great animation. Enjoyable just trying to guess who the animated famous actors are, and it sits quite nicely ... read more »
  
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- - trotsuk
  - 117 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 31 Mar 2005 at 13:28
- - 11
  - 2
  Dream is destiny
  
  At first, 'Waking Life' took me a little by surprise. It's an animated film, but unlike anything else that's out there, as originally it was all... read more »
  
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- - Noel Clay
  - Bromsgrove, England
  - 28 Oct 2004 at 19:44
- - 9
  - 0
  Journey into the subconscious
  
  Fascinating philosophical overview and aesthetic experiment, very much the natural if unpredictable genetic older brother to Linklater’s Slacker. Every ... read more »
  
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- - gordoncrombie
  - Manchester
  - 23 Jul 2004 at 14:23
- - 6
  - 0
  History of western philosophy in 90 mins
  
  When I watched this I heard someone in the audience mutter that if they'd wanted to learn about the history of Western philosophy they'd have read ... read more »
  
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- - sharpetchy
  - london
  - 21 Dec 2004 at 18:43
- - 6
  - 1
  Better every time
  
  I only watched this film because I really like Linklaters other stuff but this has overtaken all his other work as my favourite.
  
  Not only that, I&#... read more »
  
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- - Paulous
  - manchester
  - 29 May 2004 at 11:22
- - 6
  - 2
  Despite many flaws, a film which needs to be seen
  
  Waking Life is a film which suffers from being too ambitious. The film is a highly commendable effort which cannot be faulted on what it attempts to do, but ... read more »
  
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- - Nathanael
  - West Midlands
  - 09 Apr 2004 at 23:43
- - 6
  - 3
  Incredibly boring
  
  Has Linklater ever made a film that is not just a mouthpeice for his intellectual posturing? It's like he wants us all to know how well read he is (... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Shropshire, England
  - 22 Aug 2005 at 19:35
- - 5
  - 1
  4 word review
  
  Looks ace, but isn't
  
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- - hocko
  - 22 reviews
  - Norwich
  - 18 Mar 2008 at 11:22
- - 5
  - 2
  Yawn
  
  A platform for intellectual conjecturing about life and people etc. that came across like a group of sad cases who ate too much happy cake and got verbal ... read more »
  
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- - Charmaine
  - Batley, England
  - 25 Nov 2005 at 09:53

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  Director Richard Linklater presents this computer-animated, dreamlike, meandering film about a college-age man (Wiley Wiggins) who floats in and out of a series of philosophical discussions and ethereal experiences, meeting an interesting cast of characters along the way. Each character that Wiley ...