Waking Life

2001 • 100 minutes

About this movie

From the director of Slacker and Dazed and Confused comes one of the most imaginative animated features ever made. This funny, ingenious film, which Rolling Stone Magazine calls "nothing short of amazing," explores the fascinating question: "Are we sleep-walking through our waking state or wake- walking through our dreams"? Join Wiley Wiggins as he searches for answers to lifes most important questions in a world that may or may not be reality in the "most visually alive movie of the year." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times)

Ratings and reviews

I really like the under-appreciated technique of rotoscoping, and this is one of the best examples I've seen. It fits well with the philosophical musings, sometimes quite profound, and the artwork strikes a nice balance between consistency within scenes and playfulness between scenes. I don't know if it's a film to re-watch many times, time will tell for me. But it's certainly worth a look if you want some inspiration of a slightly offbeat variety..

of all time, admittedly not for everyone as it might be hard to follow but for me it is really brilliant, I must've watched so many times I can't even count it

Really wakes you up (no pun intended )