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9

  • 20092009
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 19m
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7.0/10
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Elijah Wood in 9 (2009)
A post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of humanity is threatened.
Play trailer2:31
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A rag doll that awakens in a postapocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation.A rag doll that awakens in a postapocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation.A rag doll that awakens in a postapocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
142K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,569
114
    • Shane Acker
    • Pamela Pettler(screenplay by)
    • Shane Acker(story by)
    • Ben Gluck(head of story)
  • Stars
    • Elijah Wood(voice)
    • Jennifer Connelly(voice)
    • Crispin Glover(voice)
    • Shane Acker
    • Pamela Pettler(screenplay by)
    • Shane Acker(story by)
    • Ben Gluck(head of story)
  • Stars
    • Elijah Wood(voice)
    • Jennifer Connelly(voice)
    • Crispin Glover(voice)
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    • 312User reviews
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    • 60Metascore
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    Shane Acker and George Kraychyk in 9 (2009)
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    Elijah Wood
    Elijah Wood
    • #9
    • (voice)
    Jennifer Connelly
    Jennifer Connelly
    • #7
    • (voice)
    Crispin Glover
    Crispin Glover
    • #6
    • (voice)
    Christopher Plummer
    Christopher Plummer
    • #1
    • (voice)
    Martin Landau
    Martin Landau
    • #2
    • (voice)
    John C. Reilly
    John C. Reilly
    • #5
    • (voice)
    Fred Tatasciore
    Fred Tatasciore
    • #8
    • (voice)
    • …
    Alan Oppenheimer
    Alan Oppenheimer
    • Scientist
    • (voice)
    Tom Kane
    Tom Kane
    • Dictator
    • (voice)
    Helen Wilson
    Helen Wilson
    • News Caster
    • (voice)
      • Shane Acker
      • Pamela Pettler(screenplay by)
      • Shane Acker(story by)
      • Ben Gluck(head of story)
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    • Trivia
      Shane Acker first made 9 (2009) as a ten minute short film while he was still at UCLA. It was nominated for Best Animated Short at the Oscars, and although it didn't win, Acker was offered the chance to expand it into a feature film. It follows the same basic plot, but more characters have been added, they have the ability to talk now, and the reason for the world's destruction is explained in more detail.
    • Goofs
      When 5's map blows away, it gets caught on a piece of wood, but then blows away further when 5 and 9 approach it. However, when 5 and 9 are in the cave, 7 knows that they are in there because she sees the map caught on the piece of wood.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Scientist: We had such potential. Such promise. But we squandered our gifts, our intelligence. Our blind pursuit of technology only sped us quicker to our doom. Our world is ending. But life must go on.

    • Crazy credits
      Some of the end credits emerge from 9's talisman.
    • Alternate versions
      In the Russian dubbed version, the dolls represent the people in the Scientist's life instead of the American version where they represent his personality. 1 being the dictator, 2 being his lab assistant, 3 and 4 being the Scientist's twin children, 5 being the field doctor who saved the Scientist's life during the rise of the robots, 6 being the engineer who activated the robot, 7 being the Scientist's wife, 8 being the Chancellor's bodyguard, and 9 representing the Scientist himself.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien: Elijah Wood/Mila Kunis/Cheap Trick (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Over the Rainbow
      Written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg

      Performed by Judy Garland

      Courtesy of Geffen Records

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews312

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    8/10
    Pretty cool movie
    The first time I heard about 9 and found out that Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov were co-producing it, I was absolutely on board to see it. Anything that the guy who directed such quirky masterpieces as Beetlejuice, Batman, Mars Attacks!, Ed Wood, and Sleepy Hollow got behind had to be worthy of my time. And then you add the genius of Russian director Timur Bekmambetov to the mix and to me it was a no brainer. I was going to see this movie. Burton AND the guy that has brought us such visually complex and action-packed fare as Wanted, Night Watch, and Day Watch supporting a movie? It had to be good.

    And it was. Director Shane Acker borrows maybe a little more than he should have visually from other such apocalyptic films like Terminator and even Wall-E, but it doesn't end up hurting the film by any means. The scenery and landscapes of the film are beautifully crafted and set everything up for a certain feeling of loneliness and hopelessness. It's more graphic and suspenseful than any children's or youth feature you would take your kids to, so definitely don't let the fact that this is animated fool you. This is not for the little ones.

    The voice actors all put their best foot forward and deliver. You've got Elijah Wood as 9, once again convincingly leading a group of survivors in what seems to be an unwinnable war against a much larger foe than they could be expected to defeat. You've got Christopher Plummer playing 1 as an interesting paranoid "keeper of the secrets" which reminded me of the Dr. Zaius character in the original Planet of the Apes films, if you've seen any of those. Legendary actor Martin Landau plays 2, who is a scientist and fixes 9. Then there's Jennifer Connelly, who plays the strong-willed and rebellious 7 who has left the core group of "stitchpunks" to get away from under all of 1's rules. Last but not least, you've got Crispin Glover playing the slightly obsessed and seemingly crazy 6 who has been drawing strange symbols since the big war between the humans and machines.

    The film had an interesting plot that got a bit more complex in the end. Part of the complexity had a spiritual vibe to it that I didn't necessarily care for. It just seemed almost out of place and like the director was stretching for something that would make the film more "sophisticated." I was not disappointed in the movie by any means. It was a visually striking piece of film. It was action-packed and fun without dumbing down the story or sacrificing it. If you're into sci-fi, apocalyptic thrillers, and animation I would highly recommend this.
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      • September 9, 2009 (United States)
      • United States
      • Canada
      • Luxembourg
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      • Attitude Studios, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
    • Production companies
      • Focus Features
      • Relativity Media
      • Arc Productions
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