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$9.99 (2009) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give $9.99 (2009) a score of 2.7677 out of 4
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$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
The title of this inventive, enchanting stop-motion animated fable, $9.99, reflects the price of a mail-order book that promises to reveal the meaning of life to an unemployed slacker who lives at home with his blustery father. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at Entertainment Weekly
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Christian Science MonitorChristian Science Monitor
This stop-motion feature from Tatia Rosenthal - the first Australian-Israeli co-production - is not remotely kiddie fare. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at Christian Science Monitor
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Film-ForwardFilm-Forward
In this first Australian-Israeli co-production, the imaginary cityscape borrows from New York, Tel Aviv, and Sydney. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at Film-Forward
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Time Out New YorkTime Out New York
It's cute beyond belief, but we keep waiting for the damn thing to spring to life and bare a sharp set of teeth. There's a fine line, it would seem, between uplift and insanity. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at Time Out New York
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for NJ.comNJ.com
And they bring the story to life, too - a good thing as, like many scripts based on a collection of short stories, there's only the thinnest of threads binding it together. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at NJ.com
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Onion A.V. ClubThe Onion A.V. Club
Rosenthal's animation style at times makes a strange match for Keret's work. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
These narratives are little more than pleasantly off-kilter sketches with confounding resolutions, but director Tatia Rosenthal and writer Etgar Keret artfully present them as an interconnected, crosscut network of neighborhood activity. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at Slant Magazine
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York PostNew York Post
Fans of deadpan comic fantasy writers like Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut are likely to be intrigued by this lively little packet of weird -- then dive like a dolphin into Keret's loopy story volumes. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at New York Post
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Janice Page)Boston Globe (Janice Page)
A movie that entertains and enlightens without being preachy. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at Boston Globe (Janice Page)
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Metromix.comMetromix.com
An Australian-Isreali co-production from New York based filmmaker Tatia Rosenthal, "$9.99" is one of 14 films eligible in the 2008 Academy Awards' animated feature category. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at Metromix.com
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.comfilmcritic.com
There are minor moments where the narrative lulls (the actual repossession sequence drags) but, as in his short stories, these moments build on Keret's particular bleakness, making the moments when the uncanny appears all the more powerful. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at filmcritic.com
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)
Gorgeous moments of animated surrealism and smart moments of emotional truth, yet the film's labor-intensive puppetry is more memorable than its insights into human behavior. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Spirituality & PracticeSpirituality & Practice
This oddball move is a stop-motion animation feature with puppets directed by Tatia Rosenthal. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at Spirituality & Practice
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood Reporter
The film reminds one of the famous mantra about "Seinfeld," that the TV sitcom wasn't about anything. "$9.99" raises that existential malaise to this level: It's about nothing, and it's about the Meaning of Life. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at The Hollywood Reporter
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
As a philosophical pursuit the film feels somewhat thin, though the conceit is perfectly explicit. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The New York TimesThe New York Times
This effect is doubled by the extraordinary technique used in "$9.99" to bring Mr. Keret's world to life. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at The New York Times
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Times (A.O. Scott)New York Times (A.O. Scott)
$9.99 uses an extraordinary technique to bring the Israeli writer Etgar Keret’s world to life. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Sheri Linden)Los Angeles Times (Sheri Linden)
Like most films that crisscross among a handful of city dwellers to mull contemporary ennui, $9.99 is less than the sum of its parts. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at Los Angeles Times (Sheri Linden)
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood & FineHollywood & Fine
"$9.99" won't set the world on fire because it's too understated, too absorbed in telling a set of stories without overlaying them with flash. Its handmade quality is just one of the many appealing things about it. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at Hollywood & Fine
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ColeSmithey.comColeSmithey.com
An urban Australian apartment building is the alternately public and private forum for a disparate collection of humanity represented as animated clay people in Tatia Rosenthal's quirky yet unsatisfying animated drama. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at ColeSmithey.com
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Christianity Today (Frederica Mathewes-Green)Christianity Today (Frederica Mathewes-Green)
I was intrigued to learn what the filmmakers think the meaning of life is, but the movie merely dances and alludes without coming right down to anything. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at Christianity Today (Frederica Mathewes-Green)
$9.99 (2009) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Joe Neumaier)New York Daily News (Joe Neumaier)
This often haunting stop-motion Claymation movie ultimately suffers from what bedevils many live-action movies culled from short stories: a herky-jerky plot. ...read the complete $9.99 movie review at New York Daily News (Joe Neumaier)

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$9.99 (2009) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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$9.99 (2009) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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