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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001
Sci-fi, Fantasy
1h 46m
Set on Earth in the year 2065, an invasion threatens to extinguish the remains of mankind and quite possibly every living creature on the planet. The fate of all life on Earth relies on one woman's determination. But time is running out. (Columbia Tristar)

Directed by:

Hironobu Sakaguchi, Moto Sakakibara

Screenwriter:

Hironobu Sakaguchi, Al Reinert

Starring:

Keith David, Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, Ving Rhames, Peri Gilpin, John DiMaggio, Jean Simmons, Matt McKenzie, Ming-Na Wen

Franchise:

Final Fantasy

Genres:

Sci-fi, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation

Countries:

Japan, USA

Language:

English
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001
Sci-fi, Fantasy
1h 46m
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tripwyreTripwyre
Rated 31 Dec 2008
40
20th
The plot makes little to no sense, and what does make sense isn't very good. The visuals are quite stunning, and the vocal cast is loaded with talent, so the movie is easy on the eyes and the ears. But it's just so empty. Has absolutely nothing to do with Final Fantasy, and that's saying a lot for a game series where each chapter is completely unrelated. No real reason to see this other than watching a rich company bankrupt itself in the name of photo-realism. This movie killed Squaresoft.
Rated 31 Dec 2008
oldgoatoldgoat
Rated 19 Nov 2012
40
9th
Don't even remember what it was about because I was so bored I zoned out.
Rated 19 Nov 2012
nandorizzinandorizzi
Rated 11 Aug 2011
10
6th
I dont know the game, but this animation is totally boring. Even with the technical qualities, this is not what really matters, the story and the dialogue is so boring.
Rated 11 Aug 2011
away0flifeaWay0fLife
Rated 27 Oct 2009
30
8th
If it wasn't for having the name "Final Fantasy" on it and being full of amazing CGI, no one would have gave a shit about this film. Uninteresting plot and boring characters makes this a waste of several millions of dollars which would have been better spent handing out cocaine to the audience, then at least they would have had a good time.
Rated 27 Oct 2009
q31Q31
Rated 10 Jan 2009
89
40th
Parts of the plot escaped me, and it didn't always seem well-explained to me, but it was still a good, surprisingly touching and emotional movie. The characters are really expressive.
Rated 10 Jan 2009
somnivoresomnivore
Rated 05 Nov 2008
75
25th
Technically impressive for the time.
Rated 05 Nov 2008
kavkav
Rated 11 Jul 2008
20
3rd
Astounding graphics, but a terrible film.
Rated 11 Jul 2008
miss_jesusmiss jesus
Rated 25 Jun 2008
51
36th
One big cut scene.
Rated 25 Jun 2008
lachapellelachapelle
Rated 14 Aug 2007
15
2nd
While the graphics here are superb, any seblance of a plot is purely coincidental. Good vocal talent is wasted on a script that stinks.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
ayavaronAyavaron
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
26th
The once really amazing CGI in this movie that took hours and hours per frame to render on a massive render farm is now duplicatable in real-time. The movie itself is solid. It's an interesting sci-fi film with a nice ending.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
quasiqueasyQuasiqueasy
Rated 14 Aug 2007
3
4th
Really a nothing movie, only engaging for the first 10 minutes while your brain absorbs the amazing computer animation done here. After that, it's tangled up in a sea of Japanese pseudo-intellectual environmentalist mumbo-jumbo, leaving an incomprehensible plot and characters with little connection to any sort of reality. I feel embarrassed for Steve Buscemi that he did this.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
tails32xtails32x
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
23rd
Well... at least it's pretty to look at.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
mrsolexMr_Solex
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
75th
Hey, Sony! How about next time you invest millions of dollars into a video game to movie project, you actually PLAY the game first, so you could... oh, I dunno.... Have SOME idea what it's about! Jeez... Regardless of content, FF:TSW is visually stunning and the voice acting is great. I think that makes up for it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
agentcheagentche
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
1st
If only they had taken the thousands of hours spent on animating her hair and had applied them instead to the story...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
starsirenStarSiren
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
24th
I enjoyed this film a lot at first but I think the novelty has finally ran out and I'm just not as drawn in as I once was.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
mentoMento
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
21st
Takes bits from FF7 and FF9's storylines, and shifts them to some random sci-fi setting. Instead of, you know, a fantasy setting. And then adds characters for whom it's psychologically impossible to care any less about. Fair enough, then.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
tearsofashtearsofash
Rated 14 Aug 2007
45
13th
More like a substanceless tech demo of a graphics program than a real movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
syzygysyzygy
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
20th
Pretty, but not much in the way of anything else.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
duckkingDuck_King
Rated 14 Jun 2007
40
11th
Pretty to look at, but very badly written.
Rated 14 Jun 2007
doctor7doctor7
Rated 27 Feb 2007
58
36th
Beautiful CGI but lackluster story having nothing to do with fantasy, it really should have been called Final Sci-Fi, really drags it down. Although the actors do good jobs the story keeps this as a mediocre movie.
Rated 27 Feb 2007
skenkereSkenkere
Rated 26 Feb 2007
30
12th
Should not bear the name of Final Fantasy.
Rated 26 Feb 2007
berniesbcberniesbc
Rated 14 Feb 2007
0
2nd
one of the worst movie's i've ever paid to see. it makes me furious just to think about it.
Rated 14 Feb 2007
ununniliumUnunnilium
Rated 06 Jul 2024
21
10th
Every decision this movie makes is as unhinged as it's possible to be while still being very boring. The weirdly abstract plot, the terrible voice direction, the brown-gray-teal-orange palette, the bored facial animation - these are just the tip of the iceberg of its fractal flaws. And the technical advances everyone was impressed by at the time are used terribly, making an awful visual experience. If it was in any way an actual Final Fantasy movie, it would be more distinctive and less empty.
Rated 06 Jul 2024
margustaMargusTa
Rated 08 Oct 2020
69
59th
When it was released, movie was a big step forward in digital animation world. Visually stunning animation is covering very well some mismatches in story and lack of emotions.
Rated 08 Oct 2020
bradleyk777bradleyk777
Rated 21 May 2019
50
38th
I wanted to like this movie, I really did.
Rated 21 May 2019
mspraguemsprague
Rated 27 Jan 2019
65
45th
Quite good actually. I enjoyed this quite a bit. I would have liked to see another like it.
Rated 27 Jan 2019
vv238vv238
Rated 04 Oct 2018
34
32nd
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is everything I would expect from Square trying to make a movie. It is such a contrived world (par for the course with this era FF games) that doesn't have nearly enough explanation. The direction is quite bland; maybe this worked for 90's FF games but not for a major motion picture. The animation is great for the time but there is just nothing to care about. The all-star cast sure doesn't as every single one phones it in as much as they can get away with.
Rated 04 Oct 2018
pfightmasterPfightmaster
Rated 12 Apr 2018
41
21st
A gorgeous, undercooked mess.
Rated 12 Apr 2018
metalhankmetalhank
Rated 04 Mar 2017
80
94th
Spectacular animation for 2001, with a really interesting futuristic sci-fi storyline.
Rated 04 Mar 2017
daigoroDaigoro
Rated 04 Sep 2016
4
19th
A bland, generic sci-fi movie that has nothing to do with the games it's supposedly based on.
Rated 04 Sep 2016
vengefulkbmVengefulKBM
Rated 21 Dec 2015
40
16th
Color me pleasantly surprised that this movie wasn't quite as bad as its reputation suggested. It was gorgeous to look at, and there was enough going on that I wasn't bored - even if I couldn't understand exactly WHAT was going on half the time. It's certainly worth watching for the spectacle, but the story and characters are pretty poor.
Rated 21 Dec 2015
ksrivasksrivas
Rated 19 Oct 2015
0
4th
Garbage. Hot garbage.
Rated 19 Oct 2015
rymRYM
Rated 29 Mar 2015
47
15th
2.36/5
Rated 29 Mar 2015
woodoowoodoo
Rated 13 Nov 2014
60
13th
Mannered, bloatedly expensive nonsense. I still wonder who exactly this was a passion project for.
Rated 13 Nov 2014
chmulcr0nchmul_cr0n
Rated 21 May 2014
52
18th
booooring. the ending was cool, though. though I'm not sure if it - or anything - even made any sense. and does Ming-Na Wen always suck this much?
Rated 21 May 2014
alex_wsAlex WS
Rated 20 Jan 2013
30
8th
Pretty pictures. Too bad about everything else.
Rated 20 Jan 2013
idahospudIdahoSpud
Rated 23 Dec 2012
7
1st
Made by children for children.
Rated 23 Dec 2012
synthonosynthono
Rated 04 Sep 2012
77
34th
A lesson in how what flies in a game - magic spirit stuff, fetch quests, one-note villains, etc. - does not necessarily fly in a movie.
Rated 04 Sep 2012
mervtaylorMerv_Taylor
Rated 16 Jun 2012
86
61st
Neat
Rated 16 Jun 2012
baggerBagger
Rated 28 May 2012
60
29th
Really not as terrible as people say it is, though it does suffer from an incredibly stupid villain (an otherwise excellent James Woods) and a counterintuitive fetch-quest of a plot. It does have some scenes that have some actual suspense because it dares to have it's characters act like they're not just name on a "To Kill"-list.
Rated 28 May 2012
ytmnytmn
Rated 16 Apr 2012
75
49th
Yeah, some lines were atrocious but around same level as your average sci-fi. Story feels... incomplete but it has that quasi-spiritual theme going on about Earth and Life. The graphics is still very impressive even in 2012. Some argued about the "uncanny valley" issue which did not bother me one bit. For me, the visuals and the dream-like world alone makes it worth watching this movie.
Rated 16 Apr 2012
axleblazeaxleblaze
Rated 09 Apr 2012
40
7th
The best that can be said about it is that it's WAY better than the other FF movie.
Rated 09 Apr 2012
doughbarondoughbaron
Rated 05 Apr 2012
65
36th
For the time it was released, I appreciated the effects and realistic nature of the animation. The story was interesting but it really felt like nothing more than a somewhat competent promotion of new technology.
Rated 05 Apr 2012
beebeedeedopbeebeedeedop
Rated 13 Feb 2012
80
38th
Game-changing (pardon the pun) graphics for the time, and plenty of original visuals and action to make this a very fun movie.
Rated 13 Feb 2012
troothTrooth
Rated 10 Nov 2011
35
8th
The animation blew my mind when I first saw it, but I imagine it'd look a bit more dated upon re-watching. At times I'd actually forget I was watching an animation. That's really the movie's only redeeming quality though. The story's pretty bland, and most of the time it either makes too little sense or is too predictable.
Rated 10 Nov 2011
biffjusticeBiffJustice
Rated 09 Oct 2011
48
17th
While the animation is amazing (for its time) the spectacle is about the only thing this film has going for it.
Rated 09 Oct 2011
readysteadyReadySteady
Rated 27 Sep 2011
30
6th
Surges just as far ahead in CG animation as it lags behind in story structure, characterization, dialogue, and, uh, pretty much every other damn thing. But damn, it does look pretty.
Rated 27 Sep 2011
jasons42jasons42
Rated 08 Jun 2011
50
9th
The CG animation was incredibly groundbreaking at the time, unfortunately the rest of the movie didn't perform nearly as well. Considering the target audience for this mess was teenage boys, a sappy love story wrapped around saving "Gaia" from ecological destruction may not have been the wisest choice.
Rated 08 Jun 2011
guy-piranhaguy piranha
Rated 12 May 2011
50
24th
brilliant CGI, ...errrr...yeah...brilliant CGI.
Rated 12 May 2011
greatscott85GreatScott85
Rated 28 Apr 2011
33
9th
Exceptional and groundbreaking animation that's wasted on blank-slate characters and one of the single most incomprehensible plotlines I've yet seen, resulting in a film that's utterly forgettable and disposable.
Rated 28 Apr 2011
goremeatgoremeat
Rated 27 Apr 2011
50
31st
Love E. Goldenthal's score and the title song, the rest is poor.
Rated 27 Apr 2011
wrexsolwrexsol
Rated 24 Mar 2011
58
3rd
This movie was a stilted, disjointed mess. I'm surprised I started caring for anyone at all. It really could've benefited from a tightened up screenplay--the Phantoms are some of the most menacing villains ever and they just seem held back by a long shot. Moar focus on those! And even though it derives a its theme liberally from FF7 I can appreciate its attempts to stand on its own. They just shouldn't have spent so much time on Aki's hair. This really could've been something special.
Rated 24 Mar 2011
diegocfqdiegocfq
Rated 25 Jan 2011
70
22nd
Well, i was kinda disappointed that this movie wasn't related to any of the games and this feeling has been lingerig ever since.
Rated 25 Jan 2011
davisty69davisty69
Rated 17 Jan 2011
70
10th
Ehh... not too impressive
Rated 17 Jan 2011
gillsoloGillSolo
Rated 26 Dec 2010
76
60th
I didn't really like it when it first came out. I just watched it again recently and thought it was great. It just doesn't fit well with the FF canon though.
Rated 26 Dec 2010
krmrkrmr
Rated 21 Dec 2010
62
16th
The story is awful, there is no doubting that. Its existence is more interesting that it is.
Rated 21 Dec 2010
slantmagSlantMag
Rated 01 Dec 2010
20
41st
"A frigid and boring (albeit noble) adaptation of what is, argueably, the greatest and most profound of RPGs." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 01 Dec 2010
rednightmarerednightmare
Rated 21 Sep 2010
45
16th
This movie is the definition of the uncanny valley.
Rated 21 Sep 2010
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 21 Sep 2010
61
28th
Definitely interesting animation. Wish they had spent as much time on the script.
Rated 21 Sep 2010
priokanopriokano
Rated 06 Aug 2010
4
23rd
só que eu dormi..........
Rated 06 Aug 2010
xmulderxxmulderx
Rated 05 Jun 2010
40
38th
Could've been good...
Rated 05 Jun 2010
velvet_croweVelvet Crowe
Rated 03 Jun 2010
12
6th
One of the most boring movies I've ever watched... it also begs the question as to what relation it even has with Final Fantasy to begin with.
Rated 03 Jun 2010
rewindrewind
Rated 28 Mar 2010
0
3rd
Saw this in a 300 seat theater with a friend and one other person. We entertained ourselves trying to get the other guy to leave by being the obnoxious teenagers we were.
Rated 28 Mar 2010
davidblastDavidBlast
Rated 20 Mar 2010
40
28th
An attempt at making a computer animated movie-movie. Aaand it's... no good. Too manga in story. Too 'almost-not-quite' photo-real in imagery. Makes you wonder why the hell the directors opted for spiritual hullabaloo. It's CGI! You can do anything! Just blow shit up!
Rated 20 Mar 2010
demiurgedemiurge
Rated 15 Dec 2009
71
47th
Extremely good art direction and excellent 3D computer animation even by today's standards. Too bad the plot is impenetrably Japanese.
Rated 15 Dec 2009
kiralioKiralio
Rated 08 Dec 2009
20
6th
1/5
Rated 08 Dec 2009
mfyfeMFyfe
Rated 30 Aug 2009
45
18th
Inspired on the game? Not! - Ninguna relacion con el juego
Rated 30 Aug 2009
ivanstrelivanstrel
Rated 19 Aug 2009
70
10th
Sakaguchi-chan, I'm sorry that your honored mother has passed, but really, your new religion is just not for public consumption! You almost bankrupted Square with this!
Rated 19 Aug 2009
wickedkarmawickedkarma
Rated 18 Aug 2009
75
2nd
Beautiful CGI but shouled have not been related to/or called Final Fantasy
Rated 18 Aug 2009
okkervilOkkervil
Rated 01 Aug 2009
44
32nd
Represents little of the Final Fantasy game series, I have never been sure why this film has "Final Fantasy" in its title. There is some great animation, but it main problem is it is just bland, and fails to execute its potentially fun concept in a convincing way.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
rocketluccoRocketlucco
Rated 28 Jun 2009
25
12th
Overall Enjoyment: 5/40, Plot/Themes: 5/20, Cinematography/Direction: 10/20, Acting/Writing: 5/20
Rated 28 Jun 2009
kmg90kmg90
Rated 27 Jun 2009
80
70th
Great Animation
Rated 27 Jun 2009
dmguidrydmguidry
Rated 17 Jun 2009
40
12th
Another great gaming franchise that was killed by hollywood. Also the main guy looks way too much like Ben Affleck.
Rated 17 Jun 2009
ruderude
Rated 09 Jun 2009
80
69th
But all I could picture was... Steve Buscemi.
Rated 09 Jun 2009
antagonAntagon
Rated 21 May 2009
63
40th
It was okay, the CGI was remarkable but overall it was not that memorable
Rated 21 May 2009
coasterollieCoasterollie
Rated 28 Apr 2009
70
5th
I'd seen the other one and saw this was on TV so thought I may as well watch it. I've played little to none of the Final Fantasy games so the film didn't seem very Final Fatasylike at all from what I've seen of the games. It started off slow but then got better as it progressed. The visuals were really good and sometimes made you forget you were watching an animated film. I enjoyed it much more than Advent Children and am glad I watched it.
Rated 28 Apr 2009
sandwichlordSandwichlord
Rated 25 Apr 2009
0
0th
What the hell was that? I saw this before I had even played any of the games and that was the WORST, vile, putrid piece of garbage I have ever paid to see in my life EVER.
Rated 25 Apr 2009
easydiffeasydiff
Rated 20 Apr 2009
43
37th
What in god's name is this movie trying to do? Looks fantastic, but :wtc: plot??!
Rated 20 Apr 2009
bok_dongBok dong
Rated 21 Feb 2009
1
2nd
i just hate game films and book films
Rated 21 Feb 2009
atmclickatmclick
Rated 14 Feb 2009
85
27th
True, didnt live up to its hype, but amazing visuals and an engaging story.
Rated 14 Feb 2009
newtonfigNewtonFig
Rated 01 Feb 2009
52
3rd
Yawn.
Rated 01 Feb 2009
eric_janeric-jan
Rated 26 Jan 2009
65
30th
Entertaining animated movie. Nothing special..
Rated 26 Jan 2009
imthatdingoImThatDingo
Rated 20 Jan 2009
70
68th
Why did I like this so much?! It made no sense!
Rated 20 Jan 2009
lumenlumen
Rated 04 Jan 2009
7
69th
This has nothing to do with Final Fantasy, which is a good thing.
Rated 04 Jan 2009
suisai13Suisai13
Rated 21 Dec 2008
84
45th
I would give this movie acclaim for one reason only. Sony actually threw money at this project not necessarily expecting to make that money back. This was more an experiment to try to push technology in digital animation to its limits. And even thought the characters at times appear to be puppet-like, I still can't help but appreciate the effort and countless hours that must have been spent in creating this film, and not all just to turn a quick buck.
Rated 21 Dec 2008
garlonussGarlonuss
Rated 15 Oct 2008
62
10th
The story-telling is a bit too methodical and the voice acting a bit bland at times but the visual aspect is, for the most part, quite impressive.
Rated 15 Oct 2008
peeweePeewee
Rated 14 Oct 2008
86
40th
It was really good for it's time. expensive. Very beautiful. Depressing
Rated 14 Oct 2008
irvinejumpirvinejump
Rated 25 Sep 2008
55
41st
I wanted to like this MUCH more than I actually did.
Rated 25 Sep 2008
misterbrewmisterbrew
Rated 16 Aug 2008
20
2nd
CG tour-de-force is nothing but an extended technical demonstration.
Rated 16 Aug 2008
hardc0r3hardc0r3
Rated 15 Aug 2008
85
50th
Amazing graphics, the story is not bad but while you're watching you get the feeling something's missing. In every case it is a masterpiece, just because there is a lot of work behind it.
Rated 15 Aug 2008
sfacetssfacets
Rated 08 Aug 2008
76
44th
I have long been a fan of the games. The only mistake they made in this film was allowing a Japanese to write the dialogues - very cardboard and cheesy. The effects of course were phenomenal, but far from the promised "realistic look".
Rated 08 Aug 2008
thedeekTheDeek
Rated 04 Aug 2008
45
18th
Looks really good but thats about it.
Rated 04 Aug 2008
sypethSypeth
Rated 28 Jul 2008
10
1st
The CGI is absolutely fantastic. Though the movie is so boring, you won't care.
Rated 28 Jul 2008
therealj_roTheRealJ-Ro
Rated 27 Jul 2008
75
56th
It's good enough, but like Obby said, never really felt like a Final Fantasy.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
obdurateObdurate
Rated 26 Jul 2008
78
60th
It doesn't feel like Final Fantasy but the CGI was/is great. The plot is engaging enough and so is the voice acting. Fuck it, I like it.
Rated 26 Jul 2008
cagedwisdomcagedwisdom
Rated 26 Jul 2008
50
38th
I get the impression that people expected this to be like the games. If so, you're dumb. Have you never seen a movie based on a game before? Sheesh. Should also mention that I hate the games, and I guess I'd be bothered by it if I liked them. Even if it has a so-so plot full of holes, pretty cheesy dialog and a thoroughly lame ending, the CGI is excellent. The incredible visuals is the only real reason to watch this. It's pretty mediocre, but I wouldn't say bad.
Rated 26 Jul 2008
sanlitedksan@lite.dk
Rated 07 Jul 2008
70
33rd
Actually all movies in this serie is great
Rated 07 Jul 2008
psychedelicrpsychedelicr
Rated 05 Jul 2008
70
50th
Good CGI. A very different kind of film, one that Hollywood would never dare do. Bravo!
Rated 05 Jul 2008
chinsterchinster
Rated 16 Jun 2008
56
11th
It seems the team spent all of its time perfecting the superb graphical animation, but failed to address the awful story. To give them some credit, the story started off very well. Interesting and intriguing. But the ending conclusion was pathetic.
Rated 16 Jun 2008
petrvyletaPetr.vyleta
Rated 13 Jun 2008
90
91st
Some people say, the plot is stupid, and the other half of the movie is not worth seeing. I can't agree. I really like both the animation and the story.
Rated 13 Jun 2008

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