Radio Free Albemuth
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Jeannette Catsoulis
A quaint labor of love blinkered by fidelity to an outdated text.
Abby Garnett
It's easy to glean why this unapologetically niche film nearly died on the vine.
Richard Kuipers
The pic operates successfully as a study of enlightenment and a straight-ahead conspiracy thriller.
Alastair Stell
Written for a limited audience Philip Dick played with ideas in his short stories, many of which obviously resonate with his fans. To me, however, I suspect he would've done better to stay way from drugs and hallucination induced concepts that veer uncomfortably close to Scientology. Translating his ideas to hugely successful films was left to the likes of Ridley Scott who understood how to creative atmospheric worlds and likeable, sympathetic characters. So this story. I honestly didn't care about any of the characters because I couldn't identify with them. The story is dark, depressing and mistaken. Communism and Fascism are opposite sides of the same coin, but they are not synonymous. This is a deflection perpetrated by the far right movement in America today. I suspect it reflects more the film maker's views than Dick's who sadly died in 1982. This film is not even remotely as good as Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly or The Adjustment Bureau. But if you love Dick's short stories.. this ones for you.
Scott Couick
One of the worst excuses for a movie I've ever seen So, you're thinking there aren't many movies out right now and this one might be ok during the lull. If you rent this movie, you will hate yourself in the morning for wasting $4 and minutes of your life (30 for me before I turned the movie off). What's bad - screenplay, cinematography, actor dialog/screen presence/delivery, editing...well, for every category for which an academy award is given this thing gets an "F". Terrible.
Ted Hand
Faithful adaptation Great indie with familiar cast and close to the text of the novel with a few pleasant surprises. Dystopian world reminds us of recent developments like NSA revelations.
Critic reviews
Abby Garnett
It's easy to glean why this unapologetically niche film nearly died on the vine.
Richard Kuipers
The pic operates successfully as a study of enlightenment and a straight-ahead conspiracy thriller.
User reviews
Written for a limited audience Philip Dick played with ideas in his short stories, many of which obviously resonate with his fans. To me, however, I suspect he would've done better to stay way from drugs and hallucination induced concepts that veer uncomfortably close to Scientology. Translating his ideas to hugely successful films was left to the likes of Ridley Scott who understood how to creative atmospheric worlds and likeable, sympathetic characters. So this story. I honestly didn't care about any of the characters because I couldn't identify with them. The story is dark, depressing and mistaken. Communism and Fascism are opposite sides of the same coin, but they are not synonymous. This is a deflection perpetrated by the far right movement in America today. I suspect it reflects more the film maker's views than Dick's who sadly died in 1982. This film is not even remotely as good as Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly or The Adjustment Bureau. But if you love Dick's short stories.. this ones for you.

One of the worst excuses for a movie I've ever seen So, you're thinking there aren't many movies out right now and this one might be ok during the lull. If you rent this movie, you will hate yourself in the morning for wasting $4 and minutes of your life (30 for me before I turned the movie off). What's bad - screenplay, cinematography, actor dialog/screen presence/delivery, editing...well, for every category for which an academy award is given this thing gets an "F". Terrible.
Very good adaptation This was the first book by Philip K. Dick that I ever read (1986). I was expecting far more leeway to be taken with the story line as has been done with other Philip K. Dick stories converted to movie form. I'm glad this was crowed funded an not ruined by Hollywood. Now to go back and read the book again.
Cast and credits
Actors | Shea Whigham, Alanis Morissette, Jonathan Scarfe, Katheryn Winnick, Scott Wilson |
Producers | John Alan Simon, Dale Rosenbloom, Stephen Nemeth, Elizabeth Karr |
Director | John Alan Simon |
Writers | John Alan Simon |
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Run time
111 minutes
Rating
R
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