Flatland (2007) (V)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Ladd Ehlinger Jr.

Writers:

Edwin A. Abbott (original novel)
Tom Whalen (screenplay)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

One lonely Square must save his two dimensional world from an invasion from the 3rd dimension!

Plot:

Flatland is a two-dimensional universe occupied by living geometric figures - squares, triangles, circles...

Plot Keywords:

Flatland | CGI Film | Cult | 3D Animation | CGI

Cast

Chris Carter	...	King Of Lineland
Megan Colleen	...	A Hexagon
Ladd Ehlinger Jr.	...	A Square
Oscar Gutierrez	...	Old Trapezoid
Simon Hammond	...	A Sphere
Michael Karle	...	Pentagon Doctor
Jeff Sanders	...	Cube Carlton
Jonathon Shoemaker	...	Soldier X
Greg Trent	...	President Circle

Also Known As:

Flatland the Film (USA) (alternative spelling)
Flatland: The Film (USA) (long title)

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Company:

Flatland Productions

Trivia:

"Flatland" was the first computer-animated feature film to be created by one person, without the legion of animators and technical crew required by larger-budgeted animation studios.

Goofs:

Factual errors: A Sphere says that the "cube" is building from playing cards has the same length, width, and height, yet the pattern on the cards clearly shows that the length/width ratio is 4/3.

Quotes:

President Circle: Attend to your configuration.

Movie Connections:

References Blade Runner (1982)

Soundtrack:

La Cucaracha

Thought-provoking... and funny at times!

This is, undoubtedly, one of the most innovative and bizarre films I've seen lately, and I can tell you I see a few every week! The graphics are just wonderful - probably not so high-tech as you can see in some stupidly expensive Hollywood productions, but who needs those when the beauty is in what those flat characters say and show us! Well, maybe those who don't have anything to say...

The use of the different dimensions and the explanations that the characters use to make us understand are of the highest level -- lucid and intelligent, it's a really thought-provoking film, one of those few left out there! ...And what's more, it's even funny at times!