111: The Meaning of Life...Now Only 9.99

Published: Feb. 20, 2011, 2:59 p.m.

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Movie Meltdown - Episode 111

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This week's Sofa Theater feature is Tatia Rosenthal's animated film "$9.99". What kind of movie works in cookies, a pet piggy bank, smoking a stick of gum, talking bean bag chairs, missing mothers, naked clay-animation people, physical manifestations of the voices in your head, shaving all your hair off, a magician, swimming like a dolphin and an angel...all in the name of discovering the meaning of life? The answer is, an unusual and visually impressive project called "$9.99". Plus we discuss Red, Cloak and Dagger, Commando and Final Fantasy 12.

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Spoiler Alert: Most of this can't be discussed without spoiling the majority of this plot. So go watch the movie before listening.

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\u201cIf there are angels, I don\u2019t want them to be like that.\u201d