this dystopian paranoid thriller tracks addiction in all its highs and lows, and offers a dignified elegy for its misguided casualties.
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey, Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, Rory Cochrane
DVD Info
Release:
Oct 4, 2007
Blu-ray Features:
- Widescreen 1.78
Audio:
- Dolby Surround 5.1 English
Reviews
That Linklater can keep a light tone running through the film in spite of weighty subject matter ensures that A Scanner Darkly is accessible enough for wide audiences without dumbing down for others.
It is not a great film, but an insidious one, the sort that gets under your skin. It leaves you scrabbling at aphids, hoping they really are in your imagination.
You’ve never seen anything like this before due to some simply astonishing animation.
Engaging, beautifully animated sci-fi thriller with superb performances and a script that manages to be funny, disturbing and thought-provoking all at once.
A churning passion inside this eerie dramatic thriller really gets under our skin.
Not a triumph, but a clever rendering of the subversive spirit of Philip K Dick.
Linklater may have admired the novel -- I do, too -- but that doesn't necessarily make him the ideal director for this material.
a trippy movie that doesn't make it easy for the audience to follow. The story is complex and confusing and theanimation keeps the viewer from entering the tale emotionally or intellectually.
The movie isn't for those seeking a run-of-the-mill Hollywood film and it can't be viewed with a trace of passivity.
I don't think the movie will appeal to a wide audience, but I could see it becoming a perennial cult classic, right up there with Repo Man.
Linklater never pretends that he has all the answers, but he asks the questions in such an interesting, elegant fashion that you'll be glad you came along for the ride.
Has more to recommend it than arty graphics--as befits a movie made from one of Philip K. Dick's most acclaimed novels.
Acabando por revelar-se bem mais complexa do que poderíamos supor a princípio, a trama deste filme nos apresenta a um mundo sombrio e ameaçador no qual a máxima "os fins justificam os meios" acaba atingindo dimensões assustadoras.
I think this is a film that would have been more effective as live action, rather than animation.
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