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InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

hackermc This small independent/low budget film is built on extremely effective uses of science fiction coupled with religion coupled with political resistance to totalitarian power and a weird species of multidimensional autobiography that coalesces to provide a very, very satisfying conclusion and a sharp emotional experience. Shea Whigham carries the film, he's great. Hanna Hall is a most excellent villain. The story reminded me of The Man in the High Castle, another PK Dick novel featuring alternative parallel universes. The story is inspired by real paranormal events that PK Dick and his wife Tessa experienced in Los Angeles in the 1980s. highly recommend this for lovers of cerebral film.

schltrlegal Full disclosure: a producer of this film is my cousin. She is also the wife of the writer/director.This is one of the most utterly sincere films ever made. That is high praise. I am a lawyer. This movie reminds me a new lawyer who prepares his argument in front of a judge with impossible carefulness and utter conviction in the rightness of his cause. Some mid-career judges might overlook that meticulous preparation and utter conviction because they are impatient to call the case with the notable lawyer, who is in the back of the courtroom drumming his fingers on his costly, leather briefcase embossed with his full name in gold letters. Some mid-career judges fawn over such notable lawyers. That's because they feel important when such a lawyer appears in front of them. They overlook that the notable lawyer lost his sincerity when he learned that he could win without believing, and he lost his passion for the law when he realized that he was rich.This film is an act of devotion. In fact, it has occurred to me that it is an act of religious devotion.I myself am religious. This film is not my religion. But I look upon it as a passionate statement of someone else's utter belief. We still value other viewpoints. We might not share them, but that does not mean they fail to challenge and inform – like many a new and zealous advocates who prepare meticulously and argue with the pure beauty of utter conviction.I have a particular background in a way that I won't describe here. As I watched this film, it occurred to me that that particular dimension of the human condition was depicted more truthfully than it has been in any other film. Those who share my particular background – and there are many of us – will understand when they see the film.The film has its flaws. All films do. I love "To Kill a Mockingbird." But I know many of its faults. I have written a blog- post about them. ("To Kill a Mockingbird: A Crumdgeon's Guide." http://justsayinghere.blogspot.com/2011/09/to-kill-mockingbird- curmudgeons-guide.html )But I so love "To Kill a Mockingbird" that its faults are like the defects of a much-loved woman. Somehow, those faults become inseparable from her beauty – in fact, they are part of her unique beauty.Think of this movie that way.One more thing. Some films are prescient about casting. "Boogie Nights" is a fine movie. (But the first time I saw it, I quit it, and I demanded my money back from the video store.) But whether you love it or hate it, you have to acknowledge that it cast people who went on to great fame and accomplishment. Mark Wahlberg. Heather Graham. Julianne Moore. Philip Seymore Hoffman. John C. Reilly. William H. Macy. Don Cheadle. Of course, some of these actors were already on their way to fame. But it is phenomenal how many actors seem to have gotten a leg up from "Boogie Nights".That has already proved somewhat true for Radio Free Albemuth. The makers of it had an eye for talent on the rise. That may make its place in film history.

macanfitheach A PKD story that rather disturbingly and solidly finds its place in our own time. This movie, though low budget and stiffly acted, is a provocative, cerebral movie that dares the viewer to do what the mass media, big budget Hollywood flicks don't want the viewer to do - TO THINK.Though YMMV, I highly recommend this film though it may not be for everybody. Not spiritual/religious? That's fine - you can easily ignore the religio-Gnostic slant of this work and approach it as an thought exercise.If this movie doesn't make you think, if you can't draw a parallel to PKD's story and the events unfolding in our world today, if it doesn't make you question some long held, ingrained views in at least some capacity - then it may be a waste of your time.But if can take something away from it, if it makes you think, if it makes you question, if it perhaps changes your point of view - well, you will probably be able to chalk it up as the best spent 111 cinematic minutes of your life.

onkelpaul I found a great deal to admire in "Radio Free Albemuth." I appreciated that it took its time to tell its story. It unfolded; it was not forced. I found the acting (and the direction) truthful, understated, utterly "unactory"--which is quite an achievement. The screenplay was tight and words were not substituted for what could be conveyed visually. I have not read the book on which the movie is based but those who know the book attest to the movie's faithfulness to its source material. Much of the movie's power derives from the plausibility of the political environment the story conjures up. And, unlike so many contemporary movies, although its subject is grim, "RFA" posits a world not without hope. In a world awash in pessimism, this is something to be grateful for.