rands-4 Saw this movie at the Toronto Film Festival a couple of years ago..still can't forget how bad it was. Now wish I could somehow get that 2 hours back. Utterly unbelievable and childish. What was amazing is after the screening, the audience cheered and then asked deep philosophical questions about the meaning of the characters actions and sucked up to the Tilda Swinton (in attendance) and the director who was also in attendance...did they see the same film as I did? Honestly, I try to be as open minded as anyone to a every film I see, I like the bizarre and offbeat, this is both, but with no redeeming value whatsoever..avoid at all cost!

drastrozoom If you like Tilda Swinton or science fiction at all, you owe it to yourself to see this movie -- if you're lucky enough to find it. Swinton plays Dr. Rosetta Stone (a character name indicative of the level of allegory present), a scientist who has produced three clones (sort of) of herself.The result is a commentary on discovering what it means to be alive and the relationship between technology and creativity. It's quirky, comedic view of the future reminded me at times of "A Clockwork Orange" without the nasty, violent undercurrent.The highlight is Swinton's sweet, funny portrayals of Stone and her three creations, each with s strongly developed character.Most surprisingly and gratifyingly, donuts are revealed as a major nutritious staple of the future.

redwood99 Disclosure - I couldn't finish the movie, I was just too uninterested. This is to dissuade others who might see it for the same reasons I did.)After reading other's comments, I understand this is supposed to be an art movie (many of the excellent effects wouldn't show up on my small TV and VCR), but the script seems like it was written by a group of stoners saying "Wouldn't it be cool if...".The script shows a complete lack of understanding of how computers and technology work. How is it that the SRA's can "scan a hard drive" and affect "infected" people miles away? The laws of physics are completely ignored. Rosetta says "anyone could create them (meaning the SRAs)"...exactly how could anyone create fully grown people? Any scene occurring in a lab just made me cringe.The plot holes aren't just technical, such as the SRAs can affect the stock market and use credit cards, but don't know what money is? I was impressed with Tilda Swinton's acting, however most everyone else was acting at the same level as the script...poorly.I rented this movie in the hopes on a movie which might challenge the intellect and probe interesting issues in technology & ethics, but instead I was bored and annoyed at how it insulted the audience's intelligence.

GLEESON Magnificent acting performance from Tilda Swinton, who plays four characters so convincingly you fully accept all four. This film is sort of like those popular 3-D posters of the early 90's, where if you relaxed your gaze long enough you got "into" a whole new realm (while others just kept staring and staring and never got it.) I was amused to see from the ratings here that women prefer it widely over men--probably the uptight men always on the edge of a virility crisis anyway.