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Summary: In the United States of the future, everyone is made equally dumb through electronic headbands, and equally skilled at sports and ballet by handicapping the better players and performers with weights, on order of the Handicapper General. Art is banished, so noone can be jealous of anyone, and everyone is a happy consumer. Harrison Bergeron is however too smart to be limited by a headband, and so is inducted into the secret government that keeps things running.
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Stain |
100 |
T10 |
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One of the best sf films of the '90s, even though it just happens to be made for cable. Funny and sad and thought-provoking
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Etheriel |
62 |
T7 |
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imdb |
73 |
T9 |
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Adrien |
3 |
T8 |
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Barthalen |
66 |
T5 |
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Some interesting ideas, but somehow the setting never convinced me of its internal logic. The made-for-tv production values weren't enough to properly flesh out the setting. The leaders-behind-the-scenes dressing all in black produced a chuckle. Can't our secret overlords wear casual clothes and not work in oppressive buildings for once? Too bad the thought provoking elements only partially shone through.
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Fatchrisb |
91 |
T10 |
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This is a very good movie, and it is too bad that it is not more widely available (since it is made for TV). At some parts, it is a bit silly; however, for the most part is fairly creative and well done. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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garofalo |
0 |
T5 |
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DougCollins |
95 |
T8 |
| na |
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abdullah gul |
63 |
T4 |
| na |
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dagda2 |
90 |
T9 |
| na |
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wavymouth |
59 |
T1 |
| na |
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Sparwhawk |
90 |
T10 |
| na |
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Johnny Logic |
82 |
T7 |
| na |
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Egregius |
95 |
T10 |
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Expanding on a Kurt Vonnegut short story, this provoked quite a lot of thought in me. What if the government could make us all happy..by making us all equally dumb and clumsy, would that be such a bad thing? But what of art? What of intelligent people? Accessible, yet profound, and that for a made for tv film. One distopian flick you ought to have seen.
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griphon |
70 |
T5 |
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SirRobbie |
70 |
T6 |
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lex |
85 |
T7 |
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The best TV-movie I've ever seen. Though it has some flaws you might expect a TV-movie to have (rather flawed production, directing and script) it still stands out to me above most of the big productions I've seen. Very thought provoking material.
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deadsloth |
77 |
T5 |
| na |
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barky |
65 |
T2 |
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Quite interesting and thought provoking. However the acting and the dialogue is terrible, making it difficult to watch.
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ayall |
76 |
T5 |
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Catt |
90 |
T9 |
| na |
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cardsfanboy |
82 |
T8 |
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mightysparks |
55 |
T5 |
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Barraoc |
80 |
T9 |
| na |
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tef |
85 |
T8 |
| na |
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Cloudynow |
72 |
T8 |
| na |
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tutawua |
50 |
T2 |
| na |
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Mazros |
76 |
T8 |
| na |
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Princezz |
70 |
T6 |
| na |
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Jerky |
60 |
T8 |
| na |
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DavidB |
78 |
T9 |
| na |
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Chouinard |
75 |
T6 |
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they messed up a great short story. Has not stood the test of time very well.
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poictesme |
60 |
T8 |
| na |
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ZombieBuffet |
60 |
T5 |
| na |
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moviesinhell |
75 |
T6 |
| na |
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Cronos |
90 |
T10 |
| na |
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Patryk |
83 |
T9 |
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