Atropia
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When an aspiring actress (Alia Shawkat) in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier (Callum Turner) cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance. Welcome to Atropia: an invented nation just close enough to Los Angeles for Hollywood set builders to create the fake villages, but far enough away that the performers who live on-site are not exactly flourishing in their acting careers.
Cast
- Alia Shawkat
- Zahra Alzubaidi
- Callum Turner
- Cristian Valle
- Toby Nichols
- Gil Perez-Abraham
- June Carryl
- Shaholly Ayers
- Tim Blake Nelson
- Allius Barnes
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This polarizing film delivers an unexpectedly clever blend of comedy and action that has kids absolutely loving it while leaving adults more divided. Based on a true story, it manages to be both hilarious and smart, earning praise for its originality despite receiving middling ratings from critics.
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- Jan 28, 2025
An absurdist glimpse at workaday life within one of the very real, very strange U.S. military training grounds where role-players simulate foreign battlegrounds in order to prepare our troops for their time in the field, Hailey Gates’ “Atropia” is hardly the first American…
davidehrlichJan 26, 2025Shawkat’s character doesn’t make much sense and the film has plenty of moments to dive into her story / motivations but misses all of them. What does this romance give her? Why does she choose to be in this simulation? The movie often tones down the humor to focus on the…
The Oscar ExpertJan 31, 2025Westworld for guys who play Call of Duty
Evasive - Apr 6, 2026
hailey benton gates world domination incoming
˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗Jan 30, 2025We are back at it again with Sundance Film Festival online! We are starting off very solid! I am pretty mixed on this right now, but there is a lot to enjoy from this! Alia Shawkat is absolutely fantastic in this! Callum Turner gives one of his best performances yet! Hailey…
BenjigotfriedJan 29, 2025Kinda fascinating, a 3* of real extremes. Love the originality and the wit, and the commitment (on a lot of different levels). Tonally it hopscotched a bit too much (good for entertainment, less for actual purpose) to really hit home but it’s still a hell of a debut (?!).…
Ella Kemp - Feb 1, 2025
Great concept. Super bizarre execution.
johnJan 25, 2025Callum Turner washing Alia Shawkat like a dirty dish wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card and ooh was it steamy. I get it, Dua. I see the vision girl.
Rendy JonesFeb 27, 2026solid directorial debut from queen hailey gates! very funny & the appearances from chloe east and jane levy made me smile but the dynamic between alia shawkat & callum turner was my favorite part about this
joe
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Jessie likedAtropiaThe funniest movie I’ve ever seen. I will be quoting this for years
jojo lovedAtropiait's so cool that i'm fighting the same war on terror that my dad did
simona likedAtropiaamer*ca is going to hell lol
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Metacritic
Jan 31, 2025
Though the themes in Atropia are more subtle than one might hope and expect from a war satire, and the film could benefit from more focus, Hailey Gates successfully draws intriguing parallels between war and the entertainment industry that will have you looking at both in a whole new light.
Taylor Gates
Collider
Jan 30, 2025
The aimless and unfunny shenanigans of Atropia never really lead to anything and they certainly don’t lead us anywhere that demands the sudden level of dramatic seriousness that the ending brings about.
Benjamin Lee
The Guardian
Jan 30, 2025
Gates offers an incredibly compelling premise, shedding light on the scale of military propaganda in the United States, but in taking on so much, her film ends up not saying enough.
Lovia Gyarkye
The Hollywood Reporter
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