- Release Date: 2004
- Runtime: 92 min
- Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Starring: Tim Robbins, Togo Igawa, Nabil Elouahabi, Samantha Morton ... see all
- Director: Michael Winterbottom
- Plot: Code 46 is a love story set in a Brave New World-type near-future where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints. People cannot travel unless they have "papelles,"... Read more
User Reviews
If you need to sleep here is a sedative for you!
Dec 29, 2006
cadaholic - yahoo.com
Dec 29, 2006cadaholic - yahoo.com
I never understand why so many films are grainy, jumpy and ill synchronized for the life of me. It appears to me that some foreign shot films look cheaper and less crafted! Remember I haven't even gone to the film yet!... Full review
Pointless
Dec 29, 2006
jonintokyo - yahoo.com
Dec 29, 2006jonintokyo - yahoo.com
This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It started out promising but doesn't achieve anything as either a love story or a futuristic sci-fi. After the movie I was left with the question why ? What was... Full review
Why was this flime made?
Dec 29, 2006
midgesivad - yahoo.com
Dec 29, 2006midgesivad - yahoo.com
Although Samantha Morton is as cute as can be, don’t waste your time on this one. There’s no entertaining value here. It tells the ages old story of how a man can walk away from an affair unscathed, have a forgiving... Full review
futuristic love story
Dec 29, 2006
kathy2crows - yahoo.com
Dec 29, 2006kathy2crows - yahoo.com
I enjoyed this movie because it sent a warning and a glimpse of what the future may hold. The problems of cloning humans, global warming and polution and out of control insurance companies. The choice of actors may have been a... Full review
all in one
Dec 29, 2006
son_of_nights - yahoo.com
Dec 29, 2006son_of_nights - yahoo.com
I like this movie a lot, it has a strange magic inside. Music and visual effects make it a little Art movie but in total mix of those things produced a lovely movie.... Full review
a movie for people who like to think...
Dec 29, 2006
blackdogposse72 - yahoo.com
Dec 29, 2006blackdogposse72 - yahoo.com
This is one of the best movies I've seen in a while. With an intelligent and realistic plot, it was well-acted and thought provoking. With homeland security, genetic engineering and overpopulation, this could and is becoming our future. If all you... Full review
AACK!!!
Dec 29, 2006
onesmartcookie04 - yahoo.com
Dec 29, 2006onesmartcookie04 - yahoo.com
yeah, a couple of my friends and i went to go see this and the theater didnt have a rating put up. so we go into this movie, knowing nothing whatsoever about it. i was getting so bored and thought that... Full review
have a nice nap
Dec 29, 2006
nabilababar19652003 - yahoo.com
Dec 29, 2006nabilababar19652003 - yahoo.com
when i saw this movie i nearly went asleep, because it was so boring. this movie should be a 4/10, if they rated it. i was so disgusted withe the movie. open water was better, but this was a little bit... Full review
WTF was that???
Dec 29, 2006
surreal_productions - yahoo.com
Dec 29, 2006surreal_productions - yahoo.com
Awwww...what the ***** was that? Can I plase have that 2 hours of my life back. This steaming pile of ***** on 35mm has no plot and goes nowhere. It's to the point where if both of the main characters just... Full review
Creator of this story has issues
Sep 22, 2006
rptomasin - yahoo.com
Sep 22, 2006rptomasin - yahoo.com
Heavy on mood and feelings and lacking cognition this film is more like a sad, hopeless song sung by someone who was betrayed by his own mother. Robbins is a guy who falls in love with a woman with the exact... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Sep 26, 2005The Age
In Code 46 the pair have crafted an intricate texture of the future that is both prescient and grounded in our current reality, giving this vision of the multicultural, multi-lingual future a refreshing edge.
Much of Code 46 was shot on hand-held camera and using available light, providing a welcome change from the over-use of computer generated effects we've come to expect from films like Minority Report , that seem as though they're more interested in futuristic gadgets and looking cool, than delivering ... Full Review
| Jul 28, 2005ABC, Australia
Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton British director Michael Winterbottom loves a love story.....Science fiction buffs are sure to hate Code 46 -....a sensual and beautiful love story overflowing with tragedy and visceral romance.....Code 46 is deliberately downbeat, ethereal and obscure, a bit like Steven Soderbergh's 2002 Solaris remake.....Code 46 's ultimate flaw lies in the scant treatment of cloning and genetic engineering technology..... ... Full Review
| Dec 28, 2004DVD Talk
Unfortunately, a film needs more than an inventive and well-fleshed-out setting to work, and Code 46 falls very flat in the story department.
One of the most interesting elements of Code 46 's setting an element that really gives it a distinctive, realistically futuristic feel is that language has changed.
... Full Review
| Dec 28, 2004PopMatters
His first essay into science fiction (that is, set in a near, vaguely dystopian, and wholly recognizable future), Code 46 is cryptic, eccentric, and poetic.
The film leaves open whose fate is worse.
... Full Review
| Dec 28, 2004PopMatters
Such difficulties emerge in a voiceover by Maria (wondrous Samantha Morton), as she describes (or remembers, or imagines-it's hard to tell) the activities of insurance investigator William (Tim Robbins).
The film leaves open whose fate is worse.
... Full Review
News
I suppose what is well-made about this film is that even though it is a science fiction, it is not a critique on technology or a commentary on government. ... Full Article
Winterbottom's Code 46 is a Fascinating Film Dealing with Love and Relationships
associatedcontent.com –
2006-11-17
It Uses the Illusion of the Future to Tell a Story Applicable to Us in the Present Code 46 is a fascinating film that deals with love and relationships. ... Full Article
Code 46 Director: Michael Winterbottom Cast: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri (MGM, 2004) Rated: R US DVD release date: 28 December 2004
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