Trippy Japanese animé that mixes dreams with reality. You never really know what's going to come next in this picture. It's very entertaining, but only up to a point. It never establishes its own reality, so the constant surrealism does grow tiring after a while. And the characters are thin. A movie with such fantastic imagery shouldn't be as easily forgotten as this one is, and if I cared more about the story and the characters, that wouldn't be the case. I love the drawings themselves, but the animation is choppy, certainly much more so than a Ghibli film. My only other experience with Satoshi Kon is Tokyo Godfathers, and I do prefer Paprika to that for sure. It is quite fun. Certainly worth renting, if not going to the theater.
