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Icarus
Animation · Fantasy · Adventure · 2022
On the island of Crete, a day-dreamy boy named Icarus befriends a mysterious creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull named Asterion (aka the Minotaur). When the King asks Icarus’ father, a famous inventor, to work on a secret project, Icarus realizes his new friend is in danger.
Movie details
Icarus
“The boy who flew too close to the sun”
2022 Animation · Fantasy · Adventure 1h 12m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.7 / 10
Community rating
On the island of Crete, a day-dreamy boy named Icarus befriends a mysterious creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull named Asterion (aka the Minotaur). When the King asks Icarus’ father, a famous inventor, to work on a secret project, Icarus realizes his new friend is in danger.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Icarus?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Carlo Vogele
Written by
Carlo Vogele · Isabelle Andrivet
Féodor Atkine
Minos (voice)
Isaac Rouse
Icarus (voice)
Camille Cottin
Ariane (voice)
Niels Schneider
Thésée (voice)
W
Wolf Van Cappellen
Icare enfant (voice)
M
Mark Irons
Minos (voice)
Igor van Dessel
Icare adolescent (voice)
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“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.