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Osmosis Jones
Part animated, part live action film whose title character is Osmosis Jones, an anthropomorphic white blood cell. RT 1:35:32. Unusual for this genre, the live action characters and cartoon characters never meet. The live action characters are people as they appear in the real world, and the animated characters are the cells and germs which live inside a man named Frank, whom the story concerns.
Jan 17, 2008 9:34 AM
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With Bill Murray (as Frank), Chris Rock (as Osmosis Jones), Laurence Fishburne (as Thrax), David Hyde Pierce (as Drix), Brandy Norwood (as Leah Estrogen), William Shatner (as Mayor Phlegmming), Molly Shannon (as Mrs. Boyd), Chris Elliott (as Bob, Frank's brother), Elena Franklin (as Shane, Frank's daughter) and the voices of dozens more.
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Plot synopsis:
Frank is a slovenly zookeeper. Much to the frustration of his young daughter Shane, he eats and drinks compulsively and has no regard for germs or diseases. Early on, as a follower of the "ten second rule", to Shane's disgust, he consumes a hard-boiled egg that was covered in filth from the straw within the chimpanzees' enclosure. He had earlier been fighting for possession of the egg against one of the apes.
Inside Frank's body, the story unfolds. Osmosis Jones works as a member of Immunity, Frank's immune system, as a white blood cell. He is a rebel cop, rarely doing what his chief tells him to do. Meanwhile, Mayor Phlegmming is preparing for re-election, campaigning with the promise of more junk food (much to the joy of the citizens in the Love Handle District). The Mayor's reckless policies are largely responsible for Frank's deteriorating health. However, his re-election hopes are complicated by the arrival of Thrax, a deadly virus that came in with the egg. In an attempt to cover up the severity of the situation, Phlegmming tells Frank to take a cold pill. The pill, Drix (short for Drixenol), arrives in the body and covers Frank's infected throat with a disinfectant to cover the irritation. Osmosis Jones becomes his partner. Soon, they unravel Thrax's plot to masquerade as the common cold while at the same time plotting to overheat Frank's body, killing him from the inside. Thrax is motivated by a desire to become the nastiest new virus, attempting to kill each new victim faster than the previous. His grandiose plan for Frank is death in 48 hours, breaking previous medical records.
Frank is a slovenly zookeeper. Much to the frustration of his young daughter Shane, he eats and drinks compulsively and has no regard for germs or diseases. Early on, as a follower of the "ten second rule", to Shane's disgust, he consumes a hard-boiled egg that was covered in filth from the straw within the chimpanzees' enclosure. He had earlier been fighting for possession of the egg against one of the apes.
Inside Frank's body, the story unfolds. Osmosis Jones works as a member of Immunity, Frank's immune system, as a white blood cell. He is a rebel cop, rarely doing what his chief tells him to do. Meanwhile, Mayor Phlegmming is preparing for re-election, campaigning with the promise of more junk food (much to the joy of the citizens in the Love Handle District). The Mayor's reckless policies are largely responsible for Frank's deteriorating health. However, his re-election hopes are complicated by the arrival of Thrax, a deadly virus that came in with the egg. In an attempt to cover up the severity of the situation, Phlegmming tells Frank to take a cold pill. The pill, Drix (short for Drixenol), arrives in the body and covers Frank's infected throat with a disinfectant to cover the irritation. Osmosis Jones becomes his partner. Soon, they unravel Thrax's plot to masquerade as the common cold while at the same time plotting to overheat Frank's body, killing him from the inside. Thrax is motivated by a desire to become the nastiest new virus, attempting to kill each new victim faster than the previous. His grandiose plan for Frank is death in 48 hours, breaking previous medical records.
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