Review of Metropolis

There is some wonderful animation and inventive robot designs in this animated rethinking of the classic science fiction film. That's what makes it worthwhile. See, it's also overwrought and confusing. There are too many disparate film techniques here that don't quite fit together.

Let me put it this way: this is a movie that ends a surprisingly touching scene where the heroine wonders about her nature and purpose with a cheesy iris-out set to cheery jazz music. What?