Dameon Clarke, Heather Kafka, Jason Douglas
Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, an undercover cop, Fred, is one of many agents hooked on the popular drug Substance D, which causes its users to develop split personalit...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 19, 2006
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October 10, 2009I like all you dumb fuckers talking about how you saw this movie high or how much you want to drop acid and sit through it. Considering the movie is essentially a straight indictment of drug use and culture, you've completely missed the point. Philip K. Dick is spinning in his gr...( read more)
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September 20, 2009Recently added to my collection. Review to follow.
"What does a scanner see? Into the head? Down into the heart? Does it see into me, into us? Clearly or darkly?"
Plot: Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, an underc...( read more) -
September 15, 2009I was worried that the animation would spoil this film version of one of my favourite books. Luckily Richard Linklater's adaptation of Phillip K. Dick's novel was really refreshing and original and worked perfectly. Phew!
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May 2, 2009Keanu Reeves plays a drugged-up undercover cop who is ordered by his law enforcement superiors to spy on and film his life with his housemates. It's based on a Philip K Dick story and is very much like something out of Heavy Metal with it's animation-based-on-real-life stylings. ...( read more)
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April 23, 2009Once you get past the novelty of the animation style (which is quite impressive, but has since been done to death)...what you have is an interesting and quirky story of a rather bleak but not unimaginable future.
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October 24, 2009This movie is great! It's an awesome downer movie that really makes you think about this...alternative reality about drugs in the future and the government. I rented it with OK expectations, and was smiling when it was over. Very kind and sweet to your eyeballs (meaning its visua...( read more)
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October 23, 2009That was one very trippy movie. I'm left with no illusions that Philip K Dick had never tried drugs - he knows too well what he speaks of. The story is also well crafted and the movie well executed.
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Critic Reviews
July 14, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
July 13, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
One of the most disturbing antidrug public service announcements ever produced. full review
July 7, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
A Scanner Darkly is a visually riveting mind-bender inspired by drug-induced experiences. full review
July 7, 2006
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Richard Linklater's squiggly new film, A Scanner Darkly, is an ambitious attempt to find the right visual style to render the experience of drug addiction and the paranoid vision of novelist Philip K.... full review
July 7, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
This is a movie about losing one's grip and like any addict's story, it's boring, ugly, sad, and terribly human. And surprisingly funny. full review
July 7, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV
[A] real-world movie that's essentially been spray-painted, Scanner has turned its back on one of animation's greatest strengths: the playful elasticity that allows characters to stretch and soar in i... full review
July 6, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Embedded in the visionary headtrip of A Scanner Darkly is a hotly political call to arms. full review
June 26, 2006
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
It's a pity it doesn't have more oomph, because the book is arguably Dick's masterpiece, and as brain-rattling today as when it came out in 1977. full review
June 26, 2006
Roger Ebert, Ebert & Roeper
The movie probably involves more dialogue and less action than some people will expect; it's about the nature of a life where you can never be sure what or who is real. full review
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May 29, 2007Yes! Very good movie, and FYI this was was written by the same man who wrote the book Bladerunner was based on (Philip K. Dick)....as mentioned below.....
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March 7, 2007Am I the only one who wants to see this because it's based on a Philip K Dick story? Come on, stoner movie, druggie author, whatever- Dick was a sci-fi genius
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January 30, 2007i dont get it, its just a stoner movie - random people get stoned, get paranoid & cant remember stuff, just dressed up with some felt tip pens of the film cells.
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January 4, 2007The style of animation is called roto-scoping. They film the actors playing the parts, and then basically paint over them.
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December 31, 2006Is this movie taking the whole drawn over (i.e. Waking Life) approach or is this computer animation. Looks interesting, but I found Keanu pretty unwatchable.
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August 1, 2006It was a great film to see. It really shows how drugs can be, also how messed up life can be too.
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July 21, 2006I dunno about you guys. But hoorah for stoner flicks. I wanna watch this movie so badlyyy.
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July 18, 2006I watched the first 24 minutes of this film online...
[http://media.filmforce.ign.com/media/670/670907/vids_1.html]
... and I have to say I wasn't too impressed from what I saw. I know it's only a little clip of the film, but it didn't look like my kind of flick.
I'll wait for the DVD, thank you.
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