Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Labyrinthine
- Violence
- Mild
- whimsical
- irreverent
- deadpan
- late night viewing
- cinephile exploration
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film inventive and sharply satirical but unusually difficult, divisive, and too odd for mainstream audiences.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Cecil B. DeMille-inspired introduction and conclusion signal the film's irony and comment on its reception.
The film's technique is explicitly characterized by non sequiturs, linking corporate satire, marital infidelity, dentistry, and bizarre sexual escapades.
Fletcher Munson's wife has an affair with his physical double, dentist Dr. Jeffrey Korchek, while their stories develop in parallel.
Munson writes speeches for the Scientology-like Eventualism corporation, whose founder and doctrines organize the film's social absurdity.
Films like Schizopolis, and why
Being John Malkovich
formally unconventional absurdist comedy and satirical critique of social institutions
The Lobster
deadpan surrealism, fractured identity, and offbeat intellectual comedy
Brazil
independent absurdist comedy built from eccentric characters and non sequiturs
Adaptation.
self-reflexive, unconventional American comedy with an alienated protagonist
Movie Details
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Release Date
- 1997-04-02
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (112)
Cast
- Steven Soderbergh
- Scott Allen
- Betsy Brantley
- Marcus Lyle Brown
- Joe Chrest
- Silas Cooper
- C.C. Courtney
- Sonny Cranch
- Ann Dalrymple
- Darrin Dickerson
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Schizopolis about?
- A lethargic corporate speechwriter, his doppelganger dentist, and a predatory exterminator collide in Steven Soderbergh’s aggressively strange satire of modern identity and self-help culture.
- What is Schizopolis like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Schizopolis as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as labyrinthine.
- Is Schizopolis violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Schizopolis as mild.
- What did critics think of Schizopolis?
- Critics broadly found the film inventive and sharply satirical but unusually difficult, divisive, and too odd for mainstream audiences.
- Which films are like Schizopolis?
- Films with a similar feel include Being John Malkovich, The Lobster, Brazil, and Adaptation..
- How long is Schizopolis?
- Schizopolis runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch Schizopolis?
- In United States, Schizopolis is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube.
