It’s less science fiction that speculative social commentary.... You don’t have to dig deep to find echoes of Gattaca, 1984, and Brave New World sounding through the dispassionate study in alienation, social regimentation, and economic disparity.

| Mar 8, 2024

High on atmosphere and big on ideas, but quietly goes about its business otherwise.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 15, 2020

a visually striking, but emotionally flat mash-up of romantic drama, film noir, and science fiction that sounds much more interesting than it turns out to be

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 16, 2016

Disappointing sci-fi that's too intense for kids.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 22, 2010

What keeps Code 46 from living up to its fascinating premise is the lack of empathy we feel for William and Maria. They are almost like benign video game characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 11, 2006

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Satisfyingly cinematic

| Aug 30, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 16, 2005

If we're to believe that these two people are meant to be together, oughtn't there be some real heat when they are?

| May 5, 2005

A luxurious sight to behold.

| Original Score: C+ | May 3, 2005

The premise was sounder than the execution.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 6, 2005

Amid the white walls and slick surfaces of this film, the characters seem more like lab rats than human beings.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 8, 2004

| Original Score: 4/10 | Oct 7, 2004

The film is like bypass surgery: clinically precise but always in control of your heart.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 6, 2004

Part thriller, part love story and part political allegory, told as dream noir, but too tangled and slippery to inspire much empathy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 30, 2004

a noir snore with no moral desperation, no clear-cut point-of-view and a love story whose eroticism feels about as urgent as yardwork

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 30, 2004

Original, intelligent, cool, aloof, and ultimately unforgettable.

| Original Score: 78/100 | Sep 25, 2004

Too much stoicism and not enough vulnerability -- OK for a futuristic film about a dystopian society, but not if you're supposed to feel the emotions of the main characters.

| Original Score: C | Sep 24, 2004

It's too bleak for the morose Robbins and doe-eyed Morton to connect meaningfully with each other or with us.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 20, 2004

May be one of the most perfect cyberpunk films ever made.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 19, 2004