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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.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for drug and sexual content, language and brief violent image

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,... 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 personalities. Fred, for instance, is also Bob, a notorious drug dealer. Along with his superior officers, Fred sets up an elaborate scheme to catch Bob and tear down his operation. [More]

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Rory Cochrane, Mitch Baker, Sean Allen, Cliff Haby, Steven Chester Prince, Natasha Valdez, Mark Turner, Chamblee Ferguson, Angela Rawna, Eliza Stevens, Sarah Menchaca, Melody Chase, Leif Anders, Turk Pipkin, Alexander Jones, Lisa Marie Newmyer, Wilbur Penn, Ken Webster, Hugo Perez, Dameon Clarke, Christopher Ryan, Leila Plummer, Jackson Douglas, Marco Perella, Heather Kafka, Jason Douglas

Director: Richard Linklater

Director: Richard Linklater
Screenwriter: Richard Linklater
Producer: George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, Jonah Smith, Tommy Pallotta, Anne Walker-McBay
Distributor: Warner Independent Pictures

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Full Review Source: Movies.com | comment Comment
Jul 7, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com

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Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | comment Comment
Jul 7, 2010
Bullz-Eye.com

Not nearly as coherent, cinematic or fulfilling as it should have been.

Full Review Source: Cinema Autopsy | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Thomas Caldwell
Thomas Caldwell
Cinema Autopsy

No review available.

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Jul 6, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com

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.

Full Review Source: Film School Rejects | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Neil Miller
Neil Miller
Film School Rejects

Ponders the inherent doom of Slacker transgressors

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment 1 Comment
Aug 30, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Such a brutally gut wrenching disappointment...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
Apr 29, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

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.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
Apr 23, 2009
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

A Scanner Darkly is capable of inducing euphoria if viewers focus on one element of splendor--the acting, concept, dialogue or animation--per viewing.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
Nov 20, 2008
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com

The coolest thing about the movie version of A Scanner Darkly is how very literally it takes the scanner part of that title.

Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org
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The painted, slightly disorienting look is a good match for the sinister, seriocomic, drug-addled world of the book.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
Aug 7, 2008
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

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

Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com | comment Comment
Feb 28, 2008
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
BrandonFibbs.com

Linklater may have admired the novel -- I do, too -- but that doesn't necessarily make him the ideal director for this material.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
Aug 13, 2007
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

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.

Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews | comment 2 Comments
Jul 14, 2007
Ted Murphy
Ted Murphy
Murphy's Movie Reviews

Relentlessly interesting to watch if somewhat less than compelling as a film.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
Jul 14, 2007
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

this dystopian paranoid thriller tracks addiction in all its highs and lows, and offers a dignified elegy for its misguided casualties.

Full Review Source: Film4 | comment Comment
Jun 13, 2007
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Film4

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.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
May 2, 2007
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
Apr 8, 2007
Jette Kernion
Jette Kernion
Cinematical

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.

Full Review Source: UGO | comment Comment
Mar 24, 2007
Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
UGO

Has more to recommend it than arty graphics--as befits a movie made from one of Philip K. Dick's most acclaimed novels.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
Feb 22, 2007
Rex Roberts
Rex Roberts
Film Journal International
 
 
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