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| Distributed by | IMAX Corporation 20th Century Fox (credit only) |
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Running time | 44 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $16.7 million[2] |
CyberWorld is a 2000 American3D[3]animatedanthology film shown inIMAX andIMAX 3D, presented by Intel. Several segments originally filmed in 2D were converted to 3D format by IMAX. As presented on its website, it was labelled the first 3D animated film in IMAX.
A guide named Phig commences the movie by showing the audience the "CyberWorld", a futuristic museum of infinite possibilities. Meanwhile, three computer bugs (Buzzed, Wired, and Frazzled) try to eat the CyberWorld through its number coding. When Phig learns about them, she goes on the hunt for the destructive computer bugs while presenting various short premade clips of computer-animated productions, such as scenes fromAntz and "Homer³" fromThe Simpsons.
In the end, Buzzed, Wired and Frazzled create ablack hole (the one seen in "Homer³"), which kills them. Phig almost gets swallowed up in the hole, but not before her "knight in cyber armor," technician Hank, reboots the entire system just as she gets sucked up into the vortex. Phig concludes the movie by explaining to the audience that none of the events caused by the bugs ever occurred. She attempts to summon her battle gear to prove her point, only to receive a pink bunny outfit in return (a similar trick the bugs played on her in the film's midsection).
CyberWorld premiered at theUniversal Citywalk IMAX Theater on October 1, 2000. It is the first IMAX film with a PG rating (some language from theAntz andSimpsons segments).
CyberWorld was a box office success, grossing $11,253,900 in the domestic box office and $5,400,000 overseas for a worldwide total of $16,653,900.[2]
OnRotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 55% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 6.18/10.[4] OnMetacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 55/100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[5]
Roger Ebert, writing for theChicago Sun-Times, praised the film for accurately presenting what 3D technology is capable of. He particularly singled out the size of the IMAX screens the film was projected on. He wrote, "(The film) takes advantage of the squarish six-story screen to envelop us in the images; the edges of the frame don't have the same kind of distracting cutoff power they possess in the smaller rectangles of conventional theatres."[6]
Contrarily, Paul Tatara ofCNN.com was displeased with the film's over-reliance on 3D effects, continuing to say, "Unfortunately, you can't escape the sensation that you might end up wearing the contents of your stomach while you watch it."[7]
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