Pixels & Paradoxes
- Tagline
- In a future where reality is edited, history is the ultimate hack.
- Description
- In a neon-drenched dystopia where the lines between technology and humanity blur, 'Pixels & Paradoxes' takes you on a cynical mockumentary journey guided by Richard Gouda, an eccentric historian. Through his eyes, we delve into the lives of everyday individuals like Alpaca Nazimova, a robotically enhanced chef, and Jeffrey Bean Morgan, a bartender with a data-chipped brain, witnessing the absurdities of a cyberpunk society. Directed by the visionary Clint Eastwoof, this film explores the cost of progress and the value of the past, all while poking fun at the world we may one day inhabit.
- MpaaRating
- PG-13
- PopularityScore
- 5.60
- ReleaseDate
- 06/29/2023
- Genre
- Mockumentary
- Director(s)
- Cast
Critic Reviews
6.50
Clint Eastwoof's 'Pixels & Paradoxes' is a jaunt through a neon hell that's as bright as it is bleak, a cynical romp that both relishes and reviles the cybernetic future it envisions. As the self-proclaimed historian Richard Gouda, the film takes on an almost satirical grandiosity, prancing through its mockumentary format with the finesse of a glitchy android. The characters, including Alpaca Nazimova and Jeffrey Bean Morgan, are as caricatured as they are captivating, embodying the film's paradox of seeking humanity in the most inhuman of conditions. Eastwoof's direction is a cocktail of nostalgia and contempt, a backhanded love letter to the cyberpunk genre. The film is smothered in cleverness, yet it often feels like watching a database defrag itself – visually stimulating but emotionally disjointed. 'Pixels & Paradoxes' is the sort of movie that winks at you with a cybernetic eye, all the while knowing it's smarter than you, which is both its strength and its downfall. In the end, it's a PG-13 trip worth taking, if only for the sake of arguing about it later.