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Jun 10, 2022 · How does one describe “Mad God,” the stop-motion animated fantasy that took writer/director and special effects innovator Phil Tippett about 30 years to complete? “Mad God” doesn’t really have a conventional plot.
Jun 16, 2022 · A rich visual treat for film fans, Mad God proves that even in the age of CGI, the cinematic allure of stop-motion animation remains strong. Read Critics Reviews
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Jun 16, 2022 · Strange and squelchy and all kinds of sick, “Mad God” comes at you with nauseating energy, its flood of dystopian images both playful and repulsive.
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By Kristy Puchko
Posted: Aug 25, 2021 3:00 pm
Mad God was reviewed out of the Fantasia International Film Festival.
You may not know the name Phil Tippett, but you definitely know his work. He’s an acclaimed creature designer, who has built the incredible critters found in films like Piranha, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, RoboCop, and Jurassic Park. When Hollywood moved away from practical effects to computer graphics, Tippett adapted, but his heart has always belonged to stop-motion animation. So, for the last 30 years, this Oscar-winning visual effects artist has worked on a passion project, which fans can finally see on the festival circuit. But be warned: Tippett’s Mad God is darker, stranger, and much more of a mindf*ck that you could possibly dream. While impressive in its decadence, all that style might leave you craving more substance.
Written and directed by Tippett, Mad God is a furious rebellion against the Hollywood films that built his reputation. Blending stop-motion animation and sprinklings of live-action performances, he has created an experimental film that has no dialogue, no named characters, and no real plot to speak of. So, his directorial feature debut is not a narrative movie but a tour through the darkest corners of his imagination.
Our guide on this journey is a mysterious figure, whose countenance is hidden behind a gasmask. No facial expression will give away his emotions at any point. However, his wardrobe, a cyberpunk mélange of metal, rubber, and leather that covers him head to toe, warns us that the world around him is toxic. Descending in a rusted diving bell, he plunges deeper and deeper into a hellscape bursting with depravity, violence, monsters, and muck. Incongruent with the unnamed hero’s heavy protective gear is his tightly clutched briefcase, which suggests he is a man on a mission. Frustratingly, this mission goes from unclear to utterly unimportant in the blink of an eye. From there, Mad God shuttles haphazardly through a kingdom of horrors.
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Full Disclosure: I did not take this advice and kind of wish I had. Though technically remarkable, Mad God left me emotionally cold. Sure, it’s eye-poppingly gross and garish. But without a story to follow or even faces to connect to, I found myself lost in the muck and hankering for a sensation beyond nausea and confusion.
A passion project constructed on and off for decades, Mad God is not a film to be enjoyed but experienced. Audiences are bustled through a repugnant realm of violence, chaos, and creepy creatures molded from muck, hairballs, and nightmares. Esteemed visual effects artist-turned-writer/director Phil Tippett unapologetically pours his grim dreams ont...
Mad God Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Josh Goller Spectrum Culture. Frenetically violent sequences are contrasted with deliberate or even strangely...
Aug 24, 2021 · Oscar-winner VFX artist Phil Tippett recognizes this, so his feature directorial debut “Mad God” quickly turns into an ugly, gruesome Dantean trip through hell.
Jun 6, 2022 · Mad God. Review: Phil Tippett’s Wildly Inventive, Stop-Motion Song of Mourning. Mad God offers a dense cornucopia of genre-fueled outrageousness that’s gradually united by a concern with cycles of warfare. by Chuck Bowen. June 6, 2022.
