Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Holstra Boring, long, and too preachy.

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

salmanalfarisi-81574 This is a movie that's said as an inspirational from Christopher Nolan in making Inception which is the best sci-fi film of this decade. Satoshi Kon is one of the famous directors with his expertise in making an anime with brilliant artwork to the details of it. In addition, he always shows a story that is still fresh, complicated, but interesting to follow it entirely. He is also known for his expertise that combines reality and hallucinations between stories and characters. Paprika is also like that, no exception to deal with them.The story consists of three major characters: Atsuko Chiba, Torataro Shima, and Kosaku Tokita who worked on a psychiatric research foundation and failed to keep a device they created. This device can enter a person's dreams, explore their subconscious and the three of them must know who the mastermind behind it. Just read by the synopsis, it's not kinda interesting to tell the story in front of it but not the whole. The story's presented with the same premise with Perfect Blue that combines a reality and fiction. For me, the story doesn't seem as non-linear or complicated as presented by Christopher Nolan's Inception. But, the more you watch it the more interesting because we don't know also how to distinguish dreams within the reality.Sometimes we think of it as the real world but is the opposite. Not too complicated to me, nothing is too exaggerated but there is something that makes me want to see it more, especially on the story about Toshimi which is always whirling on the top. The beginning of his impression, he didn't belong into the story and not too obvious to get into the main story but the further it actually becomes closer to the main character and story that initially has no relationship at all into a story that is focused on him.The story is not too devoted to people who are still laid but more focused for you who like Hollywood movies with a complex story. Not to non-linear but it's interesting to understand it.The art is excellent to blend a reality into a more vivid image. In terms of character, background diversion, a dream scene, this is why Satoshi Kon is considered one of those who successfully changed the anime. The animation and art are very brilliant to make in terms of this anime that can be said as the best of all. A world which created by Satoshi Kon himself managed to pull the audience into his world.The atmosphere that he built is very strong because of it's over the realism of when it uses a location that looks similar to the real world. One of the best thing in this aspect is also when Satoshi Kon incorporates two things into one where we don't know if this is a dream or a reality. It's about using your imagination instead you follow the story.Excellent editing for Satoshi Kon with astonishing cinematography and graphics. Can't believe this is made by Madhouse who also worked on Perfect Blue and Mousou Dairinin, one of Satoshi Kon's other works.The soundtrack and music are so great if you wanna hear it again from all sides. Susumu Hirasawa composes it so well that every scene always invites some intense with scenes that are disturbing and confusing. The opening theme song reminds me of the song called "Baba O'Riley" by The Who, one of my favorite British classic rock bands ever. For the seiyuu is great too especially Megumi Hayashibara who plays two characters with two different personalities, a little spoiler in here.The characters are sometimes good at the right times but sometimes vice versa. The characters introductions are still very weak, though I hear the novel is worse than the anime. The antagonist also has a bad script in being a villain because they are only seen from one perspective only so it looks boring. There is no obvious reason why he did this and that. The explanation of the major character's background is still questionable and there are no feelings at all, some of the characters are putting each other's feelings but it's back because on top of all is not really developed.Konakawa is the best character of all although he initially impressed not too important for the main story. However, he is the one who recognizes the background, the feeling, and the character so that this character is more sympathetic than others. But overall, Satoshi Kon doesn't want to make this anime like cheesy considering he wants to make his own world which is mindblowing and memorable.Paprika is one anime with the director's imaginary world that he raises up. Sometimes, your mind is needed to understand what is really going on so you must also be able to make each interpretation. It's Madhouse Studios that creates some achievement that people can get out there. The animation can spoil your feelings, the music is good and the position is so good, but the character is one of the lacks that must be fixed.Somewhat it's slightly predictable in some scenes and sometimes an awkward little romance also make this anime break up little by little. Bottom line, it's worth watching since you watch Inception because these two movies will make you mindblowing.

DCfan This is a good anime movie but it can have weird moments if you are not fully use to Japanese or mature movies. For example we see Morio and Seijiro merge into one body while having too heads and in another Morio inappropriately touches Paparika when she is tied up and even puts his hand right through her jeans, up her shirt and rips off her face to reveal Atsuke on that side note she is seen naked and you might see her nipples and breasts. Although Paparika's origin was never revealed in this movie. I kept on wondering how did Atsuke gain the ability to change into Paprika. The music beautiful and memorable and the voice actors were good. This is definitely one of Cindy Robinsons good projects. If you want something mature in terms of anime movie I would recommend you check this out.

SnoopyStyle Doctor Atsuko Chiba uses her alter-ego Paprika to treat police detective Toshimi Konakawa and his unsolved case in his recurring dream. Chiba, man-child genius Doctor Kōsaku Tokita and Doctor Toratarō Shima are running a secret program to enter into other people's dreams using the DC Mini. When the DC MIni is stolen in an inside job, people's dreams start to get invaded. The wheelchair bound chairman Doctor Seijirō Inui puts up roadblocks on the investigation.The wild dreamworld is amazing. It is imaginative and creepy. The story is another dreamworld mystery. It does need to work on the real world aspects. It needs to distinguish the real world from the dream world in the first half of the movie. When the worlds start to blend, the audience needs to feel it. The movie as it is never seems to leave the dreamworld. The dreams loses cohesiveness but it never loses its wonder. This is a superb visually wild movie.

Donald F I feel like Paprika is almost criticism-proof. Any bad thing I have to say about it can be attributed to intention. The dialog is poor, plot points pop out of nowhere, and logic is thrown out the window. But this all seems to be adding to the mood, a dream-like movie that doesn't follow reality.But I just don't see the point of this accomplishment. Its weird for the sake of being weird...so? That leaves no impression on me. It could have been any random assortment of images and be just as effective. I can't love a movie through mood alone.At least it was an interesting sit, with fine animation and plenty of bizarre action. If you're into this kind of style-over-subsistence, then you may love it. For me, its more forgettable than amazing.