- Comedy, Drama
- 103 min
- R
Rotten Tomatoes41%Metacritic53IMDb5.7
The story of a real fake place.
When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Raw, contemporary, prestige and intimate.
- rawmeticulous
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
Who loves it, who doesn't
1 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
Reviews on TMDB
Written by TMDB members; each links to the original. Not part of Tastebuds's numbers.
- Louisa Moore - Screen Zealotson TMDB · Apr 20253/10
There is way too much going on in Hailey Gates’s “Atropia,” from its desire to be a biting satire of the film industry, its take on the military-industrial complex, and the blurred lines between performance and reality. Despite an interesting premise, it stumbles under the weight of its own ambition, delivering a smug, exhausting experience that tries too hard to be clever without ever earning it. Aspiring actress Fayruz (Alia Shawkat), finds herself cast as the star of a bizarre military role-playing facility designed to train soldiers in simulated combat. When soldier-turned-insurgent-for-hire actor Abu Dice (Callum Turner) arrives, sparks fly. The unscripted romance between Fayruz and Abu threatens to disrupt the immersive war games. On paper, it sounds like a sharp and surreal setting ripe for commentary, but the film doesn’t stick the landing. The script is based on real U.S. military training facilities (the most interesting thing about the film is that these fake countries and jobs for actors actually do exist), but the jumbled narrative causes severe tonal whiplash. The darkly funny satirical elements sometimes work but mostly don’t, and the sweeping romance undermines any
Read the whole review on TMDB
Cast
- Alia ShawkatFayruz
- Zahra AlzubaidiNoor
- Callum TurnerAbu Dice
- Cristian ValleErnesto
- Toby NicholsPrivate Pardo
- Gil Perez-AbrahamPrivate Wyatt
- June CarrylCoco (aka Conrad)
- Shaholly AyersMaria
- Tim Blake NelsonMr. Speaker (voice)
- Allius BarnesPrivate Plant
Crew
- Hailey Benton GatesDirector
- Hailey Benton GatesWriter
- Eric K. YueDirector of Photography
- Robert AmesOriginal Music Composer
- Max WhippleOriginal Music Composer
- Ari BalouzianOriginal Music Composer
- Madeleine GavinEditor
- Sophie CorraEditor
- Luca GuadagninoProducer
- Naima AbedProducer
Where to watch
Checking availability…
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
The Chumscrubber 200564% alikeBoth contemporary, raw.
Americana 202563% alikeBoth contemporary.
The Brother from Another Planet 198462% alikeClose across the board.
Everything Is Illuminated 200561% alikeClose across the board.
Fingernails 202360% alikeBoth contemporary.
The House of Tomorrow 201960% alikeBoth raw.
Bulworth 199859% alikeBoth contemporary.
Deep End 197159% alikeClose across the board.
Book · Both contemporary.
Transaction Failed 202265% alikeGame · Both raw, contemporary.
Often watched with
Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to Tastebuds
