$9.99

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$9.99

R

2008

1h 18m

Fantasy

Drama

Animation

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Residents of a Sydney, Australia, apartment complex look for meaning in their lives.

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Critics Consensus

Its storyline isn't as wondrous as its visuals, but $9.99 has a sophistication and handmade charm that sets it apart from the animated pack.

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Eddie Cockrell

Variety

12/16/2009

A deliberately coarse character style that's more Gumby than Gromit.

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Tom Long

Detroit News

12/11/2009

B+

A small gem of an animated film, $9.99 manages to be rich in whimsy and fantastical turns while still rooted in human ground.

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Philippa Hawker

The Age (Australia)

09/17/2009

3/5

Set in a grim, grimy, often bleak world, a hybrid, densely detailed environment of interwoven stories and chance encounters, with occasional flights of fantasy and rare glimmers of hope.

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Katina Vangopoulos

Moviedex

10/29/2010

2/5

After the smooth finish of Mary and Max earlier this year, $9.99 can't match up with its similar dark themes.

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Simon Foster

sbs.com.au

08/09/2010

There is so much to admire about the skill involved in the stop-motion craft, but all films, regardless of their devices, rise or fall on their story, which is abstract and unengaging in $9.99.

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Betsy Sherman

Boston Phoenix

12/16/2009

3/4

Director Tatia Rosenthal's inspiration was to populate the proceedings with animated 3-D figures; her cerebral, darkly funny film is a feat of stop-motion rumination.

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Oaklee D

@ODie63 09/15/2024

I'm certain that in this film there is a big profound lesson of some description, but for the life of me I have no idea what that lesson is and I've watched this movie twice.

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Sameir A

@RT21611577 12/08/2021

It's an animated feature film, showing life and struggles of a few people in a city. They belong to different age has different background. There are a few good elements, but, not really great. They should have developed the Angel character and added more depth and connection to the stories.

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10/27/2017

i think $9.99 is a amazing movie but its not a kids movie because its rated R and has lots of swearing is very vilonte and has uncensored nudity

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11/16/2014

Un petit bijoux d'animation pour une question qui n'a de réponse que ce que l'on fait.

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08/18/2014

At first it seemed like a boring screed I've heard a million times about how disconnected modern society is, but the stories all go in interesting directions, and Rosenthal has a deft editorial touch so I ended up settling into its mood and enjoying myself. The old man was fun; I love it when characters just roll with all the weird shit that's happening around them without batting an eyelid.

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12/13/2012

$9.99 is a wildly original, often surreal look at the different facets of love, both intimate and familial, and features both a singularly fresh animation style and an uncommonly intelligent script.

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Synopsis

Residents of a Sydney, Australia, apartment complex look for meaning in their lives.

Director: Tatia Rosenthal
Producer: Amir Harel, Emile Sherman
Screenwriter: Etgar Keret, Tatia Rosenthal
Distributor: Regent Releasing
Production Co: Lama Films, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Brief Sexuality)
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 12, 2008, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $52.1K
Runtime: 1h 18m