Absolutely Fantastic

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

The acting in this movie is really good.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

This short was deservedly nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short. There will be spoilers ahead: This short is a glimpse into a ruined world where a doll labeled "9" has to use its wits to survive and try to salvage the souls of its compatriots from a monster. Part of the story is told in a flashback. The short tells the story without dialog but dialog really isn't necessary.There's an incredibly exciting chase and various bits of business come together as setup for later events. The plotting is excellent and the end of the short is great. 9 is a very well developed character and this is a great short. The most impressive part of the short are the visuals. It's just a visually stunning piece of animation. The backgrounds are so detailed and impressive that the short would be worth watching just for those alone.The short was optioned to be turned into a feature film and I can easily see why. This short is an extra on the DVD release of the feature film and is well worth watching. Most highly recommended.

Wow This Is Simply Stunning. The Visuals Are Great. Its On Youtube If Anyone Is Interested But It's Also With The 9 DVD That Came Out In 2009 Wow Shane Acker Is A Visionary Like Joss Whedon. This Is Simply The Best Short Film Ever But What Follows Is 'Bambi Meets Godzilla' This Is Stunning. This Was Also Made Into A Feature Length Movie Starring Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, John C. Riley & Jennifer Connelly. The Acting Is...There Is None. The Animation Is Great. Yes It Is A Little Bizarre But What Do You Expect From A Visionary.I Think Both 9 Films Are Great But The 2009 One's Better But This Is Great Little Movie Just Think This Movie Is Also My Rating For It Also.

This is a really fun animation, mostly because it's just so simple of a story very detailed in animation and visually exciting. I mean, for all the complicated methods of the computer animation with great lighting effects and detailed skins and movements of the characters and their effects on the environments, it's a very easy man-vs-monster story that can appeal to everyone.A raggedly named 9, or marked 9, or the ninth raggedly or something to that effect is tragically left alone after its partner 4 sacrifices itself to a monster that steals its soul. 9 devises a way to defeat the monster so that it will no longer torment it, and in the process discovers a way to provide closure to the souls' entrapment (the souls of 1 through 8). This is presented through faction fantasy pretty much existing as never-before-seen.It's very enjoyable and visually amazing. The monster seems almost perfect for the environment they come from, and the characters are very well emotionally presented considering their darned faces. The plot contains no real desire to be stretched into feature length or accepted as important, just presents six minutes of about as much fun as six minutes can give.

Just watched this-Shane Acker's original short version of the now released feature version of 9. The title character is-as many commentators have mentioned-a rag doll who's on the run from a large creature that just killed a fellow worker with some light bulb gadget. The computer animation is pretty exciting with the chase and I can see why it was nominated for an Academy Award. But I guess because it was so short and there weren't too many details of why all this was happening made me a little unsatisfied with this animated short. In other words, I wanted this to be a little longer. So it's with that being said that I hope the feature version of 9 becomes a much more enjoyable experience than what I saw here...