Rating: ★★★★☆ (Four stars. Would lose half a star for the awkward sex scene involving a scanner, but honestly, it’s kind of brilliant.)
There are some films that feel like a time capsule, and there are others that feel like a prophecy. The 2003 independent drama The Index of Identity —often shortened to IOI by its cult following—somehow manages to be both. index of identity 2003
Jordan has a comfortable 78—respectable, but boring. That is, until he meets a mysterious artist named Zero (played with manic energy by a young Samantha Morton), who teaches him how to "game" the Index by intentionally lying. The paradox? The more deliberately you lie, the more the Index flags you as "complex," raising your score. Rating: ★★★★☆ (Four stars
