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Paprika (2007)

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | May 30, 2007

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

A-

Details Limited Release: May 25, 2007; Rated: R; Length: 90 Minutes; Genre: Animation; With: Toru Furuya and Megumi Hayashibara

Image credit: Sony Pictures Classics

KON ARTISTRY The master director sprinkles fantasy and reality in the mind-blowing anime Paprika

Fantasy leaks into reality, and an ominous, futuristic machine called the ''DC Mini'' lets one psychiatric institution's star researcher enter the dreams of her patients, where she takes the guise of the redheaded sprite who gives the intricate, adult anime Paprika its title: We're in the territory of Japanese virtuoso Satoshi Kon (Tokyo Godfathers). Kon mixes visual beauty with disorienting perspectives for a cautionary tale about machine-influenced soullessness and the persistent Japanese popular love of the cute. A-

Originally posted May 30, 2007 Published in issue #938 Jun 08, 2007 Order article reprints

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