Solace

Name: Solace
Genre: Animation, Science Fiction
Released: 2017-02-01

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24%

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45%

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Storyline

Solace is an interactive animated film based on celebrated science fiction writer Jeff Noon's short story about a near future in which marketing and addiction are disturbingly intertwined.

Details

DirectorEvan Boehm

ReleasedFeb 1, 2017

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

1 fresh · 6 rotten

Critics consensus

“Solace boasts a talented cast and a somewhat intriguing premise, but they're outweighed by a plodding story that teeters between tired clichés and ludicrous twists.”

24% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Tomris Laffly

RTNew York Magazine/VultureJan 4, 2017

Solace isn't a Silence of the Lambs sequel in which Hopkins gets to reprise the role of Hannibal Lecter. But he comes pretty damn close in this ludicrous murder mystery, which is stuck somewhere between a bad season of Dexter and a dated crime flick.

Glenn Kenny

RTRogerEbert.comDec 16, 2016

The directorial pyrotechnics keep Solace from "dragging" in a narrative sense; the very real boredom it nonetheless elicits is more existential.

Jeannette Catsoulis

RTNew York TimesDec 15, 2016

Staggeringly silly and visually disordered, this unfortunate misfire has been kicking around Europe and elsewhere for a couple of years under different titles, and it's easy to see why.

Allen Adams

RTThe Maine EdgeFeb 13, 2019

Solace, a film that had the foundation in place to be an OK movie only to squander it all on recycled tropes and strained dialogue and clichéd twists.