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The Congress

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An aging actress agrees to preserve her digital likeness for a studio to use in any future films it likes.
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Critics Consensus

The Congress rises on the strength of Robin Wright's powerful performance, with enough ambitious storytelling and technical thrills to overcome its somewhat messy structure.

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Samuel B. Prime Slant Magazine 09/24/2019
The Congress is part live action and part Ralph Bakshi fever dream, but all nightmare. It paints a vision of the future where individuality and anything resembling free will is supplanted by delicious chemical cocktails and a candy-coated reversal. Go to Full Review Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald 12/03/2014
3/5
The weighty ideas are welcome, but Folman dumps them on us in bucketfuls of alphabet soup. Go to Full Review David Denby The New Yorker 09/05/2014
The anger drains out of the picture, and we watch in a state of passive appreciation and indifference. Go to Full Review JD Duran InSession Film 08/19/2024
A-
The Congress isn’t for everyone but the animation is beautiful and the ideas that this film raises is provocative. Robin Wright carries the film well and overall, this is a film we’d recommend. Go to Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia 04/10/2024
6/10
Folman maintains an intelligible tone that is terrifyingly prophetic in exploring the impact of AI on actors, but unfortunately, his sci-fi dystopia loses its witty effect during the hallucinogenic and surreal animated journey. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Giuseppe Sedia Kino Mania 03/08/2024
2/5
The Congress is anything but banal as a reflection on acting in digital age. Nevertheless, the hard landing Folman bludgeoned audiences with in his previous movie is certainly more striking and profound than the hybrid, dreamlike pillow offered [here] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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mor c @RT93938059 09/29/2024 Me malviaje y ni siquiera consumo See more Bryan P @RT85071261 07/12/2024 Harvey Keitel is no good in this, but its brief. Aside from that and maybe a few other goofy things that if you question too hard it ruins everything... this movie rules. See more Orin D @RT64117979 06/11/2024 I read Lem's SciFi masterpiece long ago and admired it greatly. This mishmash of live action and boring animation does the book a great disservice. Some fine acting talent is wasted is this debacle. My wife made us watch it until the end, which I thought would never arrive. See more Alec B @Alec97 12/13/2023 The film has some great and original concepts about the future of imagery and society but doesn't really develop them or the characters clearly enough. Honestly for this to have worked and be truly immersive, the whole thing would need to be around 4 hours long. See more Jim M @RT07511656 08/12/2023 The first half of this movie was pretty good but left me thinking "what are they going to do in the second half". Well, they decided to ruin the movie with animated, drug-induced bullshit. See more Ęxçëşș M @ExcessMale 04/30/2022 I regretfully report that this is not the highly meta and thought-provoking sci-fi Robin Wright vehicle I was expecting. The first half of the opening act is wonderful and almost could be a satisfying short film on it's own. See more Read all reviews
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Ari Folman

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Robin Wright

Self

Harvey Keitel

Al

Jon Hamm

Dylan Truliner

Paul Giamatti

Dr. Barker

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Aaron Wright

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Movie Info

Synopsis An aging actress agrees to preserve her digital likeness for a studio to use in any future films it likes.
Director
Ari Folman
Producer
Reinhard Brundig, Sébastien Delloye, Piotr Dzięcioł, Diana Elbaum
Screenwriter
Ari Folman
Distributor
Drafthouse Films
Production Co
Pandora Filmproduktion, Sikhya Entertainment, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Liverpool Co., Ltd., ARP Sélection, Entre Chien et Loup, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Canal+ Polska, Pôle Image de Liège, Channel 10, Paul Thiltges Distributions, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Cinemorphic, Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Instytucja Filmowa Silesia-Film, ARD Degeto Film, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Luxembourg Film Fund, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Opus Film, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Belfius, Cinéfinance Tax Shelter, Belgacom, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Israel Film Fund, France 2 Cinéma, MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Genre
Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 29, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$137.8K
Runtime
2h 2m