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A Scanner Darkly (2006)
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Reviews Counted:175
Fresh:118
Rotten:57
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: A faithful adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel, A Scanner Darkly takes the viewer on a visual and mind-blowing journey into the author's conception of a drug-addled and politically unstable world.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr. 40 min.
Genre: Action & Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
Theatrical Release: Jul 7, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $5.3M
Synopsis: 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,... [More]
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson
Director: Richard Linklater
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REVIEWS FOR A SCANNER DARKLY
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Jul 7, 2010
Not nearly as coherent, cinematic or fulfilling as it should have been.
Jul 6, 2010
No review available.
Jul 6, 2010
The message is clear and the animation creates a world unlike any other in film, making A Scanner Darkly an easy addition to the must-see list of 2006.
Jul 6, 2010
Ponders the inherent doom of Slacker transgressors
Aug 30, 2009
Such a brutally gut wrenching disappointment...
Apr 29, 2009
Like many of Dick’s parallel-mirror scenarios, this one is air-tight and diabolical. More fresh air in the form of Linklater’s humor would be welcome.
Apr 23, 2009
A Scanner Darkly is capable of inducing euphoria if viewers focus on one element of splendor--the acting, concept, dialogue or animation--per viewing.
Nov 20, 2008
The coolest thing about the movie version of A Scanner Darkly is how very literally it takes the scanner part of that title.
Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticThe painted, slightly disorienting look is a good match for the sinister, seriocomic, drug-addled world of the book.
Aug 7, 2008
Too talkie to be legitimately entertaining, too dark to be wholly enjoyable and too muddled to be entirely comprehensible, A Scanner Darkly stands as a creative, if unengaging interpretation of its source materia
Feb 28, 2008
Linklater may have admired the novel -- I do, too -- but that doesn't necessarily make him the ideal director for this material.
Aug 13, 2007
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.
Jul 14, 2007
Relentlessly interesting to watch if somewhat less than compelling as a film.
Jul 14, 2007
this dystopian paranoid thriller tracks addiction in all its highs and lows, and offers a dignified elegy for its misguided casualties.
Jun 13, 2007
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.
May 2, 2007
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.
Apr 8, 2007
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.
Mar 24, 2007
Has more to recommend it than arty graphics--as befits a movie made from one of Philip K. Dick's most acclaimed novels.
Feb 22, 2007
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