Creative Control

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Creative Control

R,

2016,

1h 37m,

Comedy/

Drama

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61%

56 Reviews

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500+ Ratings

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56 Reviews

39%

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500+ Ratings

A man (Benjamin Dickinson) uses a pair of virtual-reality glasses to have an affair with a hologram of his buddy's (Dan Gill) girlfriend (Alexia Rasmussen).

J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Mar 24, 2016

The movie is like Manhattan with mobile phones, and in fact the idea of constructing one's own reality fits right in with the Woody Allenesque tone.

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Tirdad Derakhshani

Philadelphia Inquirer

Mar 18, 2016

3.5/4

While it hits some of the usual sci-fi tropes, Creative Control's center of gravity isn't tech itself, but the relationships of those who use it.

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Mar 17, 2016

2/4

Even after establishing David as a panicky wreck addicted to his morning Xanax chewables and evening booze, the movie doesn't dramatize his ensuing breakdown so that it makes sense or generates much sympathy.

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Matt Oakes

Silver Screen Riot

Oct 14, 2026

B+

Not one to disappoint on his film's namesake, Dickinson exerts towering creative control over a project that is both entirely creative and completely controlling of our concentration. Bravo.

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

Aug 7, 2021

3.5/5

Equal parts satire and science fiction, but how Dickinson and his team present these images is what makes a movie about disengaging so engaging.

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Chris McCoy

Memphis Flyer

Jan 14, 2020

The darkly hilarious Creative Control has too many ideas and too many homages to stuff into 90 minutes, but Dickinson and his collaborators are clearly having a great time trying.

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George R

Oct 19, 2018

I wanted to like this one but it went a little too far off the deep end in the end.

Hermione G

Jul 30, 2017

Like a really long Black Mirror episode but dull.

Draco S

Jul 20, 2017

Bellamente rodada en blanco y negro.

Theodore S

Jun 5, 2017

This movie had a good idea in there somewhere, but ultimately it fails. I spent most of this movie being bored out of my mind. I am surprised that I actually made it all the way to the end. This is not worth your time.

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Anakin P

Feb 20, 2017

It had a lot of potential, but it's to far up it's own to use any of it. As it progress it seems more of a mediocre film school movie made by the "Starbucks worker" stereotype, than by someone with genuine passion and drive to make movies. It also features one of the worst and most pretentious homages to Kubrick I've ever seen.

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Draco M

Mar 11, 2016

Between a 6/10 and 7/10, Creative Control looks more interesting than it is. But it does have a very interesting look.

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David

Nora Zehetner

Juliette

Alexia Rasmussen

Sophie

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Synopsis

A man (Benjamin Dickinson) uses a pair of virtual-reality glasses to have an affair with a hologram of his buddy's (Dan Gill) girlfriend (Alexia Rasmussen).

Director: Benjamin Dickinson
Producer: Craig Shilowich, Melody C. Roscher, Mark De Pace, Zachary Mortensen
Screenwriter: Benjamin Dickinson, Micah Bloomberg
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Ghost Robot, Mathematic, Greencard Pictures
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Drug Use|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 11, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $62.5K
Runtime: 1h 37m

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