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Kid's Story

Kid's Story

Science Fiction · Animation · 2003

A high school student is haunted by thoughts of "The Matrix" and a person named "Neo".

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Kid's Story

2003 Science Fiction · Animation 15m

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7.1 / 10

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A high school student is haunted by thoughts of "The Matrix" and a person named "Neo".

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Directed by

Shinichiro Watanabe

Written by

Shinichiro Watanabe · Lana Wachowski · Lilly Wachowski

Clayton Watson

Clayton Watson

The Kid (voice)

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

Neo (voice)

Carrie-Anne Moss

Carrie-Anne Moss

Trinity (voice)

John DeMita

John DeMita

Teacher (voice)

Kevin Michael Richardson

Kevin Michael Richardson

Cop (voice)

James Arnold Taylor

James Arnold Taylor

Miscellaneous (voice)

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Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.