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Anamorph (2008)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:6

Rotten:19

Average Rating:4.5/10

Consensus: Thin on plot but heavy on academic references, Anamorph proves more derivative than terrifying.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for disturbing grisly images, some violence and language.

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Apr 18, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: Willem Dafoe (THE ENGLISH PATIENT) plays an NYPD detective who grapples with a string of unusual serial murders, perpetrated by a killer who fashions himself an artist. As the detective... Willem Dafoe (THE ENGLISH PATIENT) plays an NYPD detective who grapples with a string of unusual serial murders, perpetrated by a killer who fashions himself an artist. As the detective investigates the brilliantly composed crime scenes, he draws closer to a mystery that may end up implicating himself. H.S. Miller wrote and directed this moody psychological thriller. [More]

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Peter Stormare, Clea DuVall

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Peter Stormare, Clea DuVall, James Rebhorn, Amy Carlson

Director: H.S. Miller

Director: H.S. Miller
Screenwriter: Tom Phelan, H.S. Miller
Producer: Marissa McMahon
Composer: Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek
Studio: IFC Films

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No more interesting than any standard episode of "CSI" or any of the other myriad of cop-centric whodunits polluting our airwaves.

Full Review Source: Dread Central | comment Comment
12/04/08
Johnny Butane
Johnny Butane
Dread Central

O roteiro carregado de clichés desperdiça o que até poderia ser uma premissa interessante, ao passo que os esforços estilísticos de Miller soam patéticos, como uma imitação barata dos trabalhos de David Fincher.

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07/10/08
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Anamorph dances around ponderous issues and grotesque scenery but fails to really engage, startle or disturb.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
06/19/08
Graham Killeen
Graham Killeen
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A visual treat for Dafoe fans that goes well beyond the conventional horror genre into questions of reality and fantasy and how, or if, we tell the difference.

Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | comment Comment
05/10/08
Ron Wilkinson
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics

Director H.S. Miller thinks he's made something broodingly visionary when you're more likely to be aesthetically shaken up by one of Mad magazine's Fold-Ins.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
05/02/08
Robert Abele
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
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Sure, it's better than 88 Minutes [what isn't?] but it's still pretty pointless, with unclear exposition and murky plot developments.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
05/01/08
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

Weirdly positioning serial killing as a depraved form of creative expression and the victims as signature works of art, Anamorph has the odd effect of simultaneous repulsion and fascination.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
04/27/08
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

A movie about a premise that metamorphoses into twaddle.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
04/21/08
Frank Lovece
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International

On a scale of one to Se7en, Miller's doomed rip barely rates.

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
04/18/08
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
MTV

This serial killer movie is nothing but a copycat.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
04/18/08
Geoff Berkshire
Geoff Berkshire
Metromix.com

The unfortunate fact is that it's more than a little dull when it isn't preposterous.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/18/08
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A serial-killer flick told like an art lecture, Anamorph manages to be gruesome yet dull.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
04/18/08
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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The long shadow of David Fincher's Seven falls on Anamorph, a moody, ultimately unexciting thriller.

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04/18/08
Joe Neumaier
Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
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An academic thriller likely to engage only avid collectors of serial-killer flicks.

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04/18/08
John P. McCarthy
John P. McCarthy
Boxoffice Magazine

Wears its influences...a little too heavily on its sleeve. But it does effectively convey a lingering sense of dread that can't be easily dismissed.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
04/18/08
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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The atmosphere created by director H.S. Miller is gothic, tortured, stylized yet tinged with a classicist's sense of composition, symmetry and, yes, perspective.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
04/18/08
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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The serial killer in Anamorph shows promise, even if some of his best moves are derivative. The same is true of the film’s director.

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04/18/08
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
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Compelling as it often is, Anamorph feels positively cloddish next to David Fincher’s Seven or Zodiac, with which it shares a fondness for shadowy rooms and dimly lit obsessions.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
04/17/08
Joshua Land
Joshua Land
Time Out New York

Beyond its cool, reflective surfaces and infinite plays with perspective lies nothing -- character, relationships, motives all seemingly irrelevant.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
04/17/08
Ronnie Scheib
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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A pale imitation of David Fincher's Seven.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
04/16/08
Shelley Gabert
Shelley Gabert
FilmStew.com
 
 
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