Paprika gives you a great, weird, surrealistic and psychological story. I don't mind at all small number of characters who are involved in the plot, they are very well portrayed and they are quite amusing. Music was incredible, it has stirred my emotions. I love relationship between Chiba Atsuko and Tokita, their dialogues were touching. Breath-taking mindfuck story line (which in some parts seems schizophrenic) and very artistic colorful animation with a full of surprisingly awesome animated scenes will take you to experience a journey of touchable and vividly dreams. (show less)

I started on Paprika with a lot of expectations, since many people had commented on how "deep" and "philosophical" the story is...but frankly, I was quite disappointed. The plot was not interesting -- I knew who the villain was the moment I first saw her/him (indicating the gender would spoil, I suppose), and the way s/he was eventually captured was far from interesting. Not to mention how nonsensical his/her motivations were.

The number of character focused on were too limited, which resulted in a lack of depth to the story. Though the typical, done-to-death theme of "love conquers all" was played in a rather unique manner, it was still a very disappointing shortcut to take in paving the way for the eventual conclusion.

The only really good thing about this movie is the art and animation -- it was beautifully done and breathed life to the surreal quality of the story extremely well.

I feel that Paprika would have done better as a 13-episode anime series; but as an OVA, it's hardly worth the 90 minutes spent watching it. (show less)