
Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall--London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.... (Full plot summary below)
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Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall--London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.
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| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionBob TownsendIf you're a fan of the 'now' bands on the soundtrack or an art film buff (or a dirty old man), 9 Songs may appeal. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceIt has the rough, penciled-in feel of a sketch, flurries of palpable physicality left along the path of a dissolving relationship |
| Sight and SoundLinda Ruth Williams9 Songs is certainly a cinematic oddity, a pop-punctuated romance with the pink shots left in. |
| Slant MagazineKeith UhlichThe sex scenes are clearly filmed with progression in mind, moving ever outward from the characters until their organs take center stage. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyThere's no greater point to this footage, no connection to the characters or the theme; just top bands playing great songs. It looks like a collection of music videos, just as the rest of the film looks like a connection of porn loops. |
| Movie GazetteAnton BitelThese nine cross-sections of a one-year relationship may be graphic, but they are also suffused with a cool melancholy. |
| Reel.comPam GradySince these two do little else besides have sex, and the sex itself is so very anti-erotic, it becomes monotonous quickly. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekUnlike the Antarctic ice shell, there's not much here beneath the surface. The only message it carries is that for certain people, music can be a potent aphrodisiac. |
| Georgia StraightKen EisnerI like to think -- and please indulge me on this -- that my reaction to the controversial 9 Songs has more to do with the limitations of Michael Winterbottom's latest cinematic experiment than with any of my own nihilistic-horndog tendencies. |
| FilmJerk.comEdward HavensWhen the sex is as boring as the story and the characters which inhabit it... all we can do is rejoice the entire endeavor is over fairly quickly. |