Creative Control

Right now you can watch Creative Control in the US on Amazon Prime Video — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. 75 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Benjamin Dickinson anchors it with a performance that grounds the bigger ideas in something human. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Amazon Prime Video.

There is a reason Creative Control keeps coming up in conversation. Creative Control uses its genre premise as cover for asking bigger questions. Smooth advertising executive David is in a relationship with yoga teacher Juliette. Then his eye is caught by Sophie, the girlfriend of his best friend Wim, a fashion photographer. Things get completely out of hand during a campaign for augmented reality-glasses, for which David designs an avatar of the coveted Sophie. Benjamin Dickinson and Nora Zehetner lead a cast that keeps the bigger ideas grounded in something human. It was released in 2016. The rules of Creative Control's world are consistent enough that the big swings never feel like cheating. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Viewers burned by ambitious sci-fi that could not sustain its premise should give Creative Control a chance. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. The complete film is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Watch for Benjamin Dickinson in particular — the performance elevates the material. Satisfying on multiple levels.

Creative Control was released in 2016, directed by and starring Benjamin Dickinson. The full 97-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.