The Congress

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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Tyler

Odd film. Robin Wright plays a fictional version of herself. An out of work actress whose last offer from a big studio is to have herself digitally scanned so she can be animated in future films. Bit of hollywood satire that was fun. Then the second half of the film jumps 20 years into the future and becomes animated, as everyone in the future takes hallucinogenic drugs to create their own reality.

It's really trippy animation too. Apparently this is the part that's closest to the book it's based on, I don't know much about it but it sounds completely surreal, which is what this film becomes. Whilst the two sections share ideas about what makes our reality and what we choose to be reality they have wildly different tones. The second half is much more esoteric, intentionally so, and while I enjoyed the lovely animation the story became a little convoluted.

It's a real mixed bag, with some great filmmaking, acting, animation and really great ideas but a few of them aren't pulled off completely cohesively. I'm pretty sure I did like it though.