Code 46 (2004)

How do you solve a crime when the last thing you want to know is the truth?

Starring: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri, Jeanne Balibar, Essie Davis, Emil Marwa, David Fahm, Benedict Wong, Mick Jones

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Running Time: 93 minutes

US MPAA rating: R
UK BBFC rating: 15
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction

The feminist serial killer road movie Butterfly Kiss, the Bosnian war pic 'Welcome to Sarajevo', the period property drama 'The Claim' and the Manchester docu-comedy
It's Got: A dizzyingly intelligent complexity; a perfect blending of a human story into its sci-fi background (with Oedipal underpinnings); outstanding performances from Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton; an effectively lyrical soundtrack by Free; a karaoke version of 'Should I Stay or Should I Go?' sung by Mick Jones as 'himself' in a cameo that makes a strange sort of sense within the film's context of cloning; a minor character with a freckle fetish who regards 'Anne of Green Gables' as an erotic classic; and one of the most achingly powerful evocations of longing that I have ever seen. http://ww

It Needs: Simply to be seen - what 'Casablanca' did for love in the time of war, this does for love in the time of genetic manipulation, and it is every bit as moving.

Alternatives: 'Gattaca'

Summary: Achingly elegiac sci-fi story of love and memory lost - an Oedipal tragedy for the genetically modified age.


Review Date: 15th October 2004




External Links

Official Web Site
Code 46 at the IMDB

Comments 1 Comment

The summary above says it all, wonderful film, very thought provoking.

Comment by:- | | 08 November 2004 | ip: logged

Post Your Comments

Only members can post comments.
Joining is quick, easy and FREE! Click Here.

Already a member - Log In

Comments:
(no html, bold (<b>) strong(,<strong>) & italic (<i>)are permitted)

Name:

Website: http://

Email Address:

Where's it screening?

Movie Title

Choose Country (required)

Zip/Post Code (required)