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Anomalisa

Anomalisa (2015)

December. 30,2015
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7.2
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R
| Animation Drama Comedy Romance

An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.

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SincereFinest
2015/12/30

disgusting, overrated, pointless

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filippaberry84
2015/12/31

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Tayyab Torres
2016/01/01

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

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Nicole
2016/01/02

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

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FilmBuff1994
2016/01/03

Anomalisa is a great movie with a well developed plot and a spectacular trio of voice actors. It is entirely made by clay, but there is nothing about the film that insisted on it being animated, it easily could have been live action. Making it claymation created a unique project that made is feel as if we were taking in to another world, it is a little uneasy, and yet very familar. Charlie Kaufman manages to create some truly groundbreaking animation that you will never see in any previous cartoons. I did feel that it had more potential than what it delivered, the biggest issue for me was that Michael is a very unlikeable character. It is difficult to sympathise with him and the journey he goes on, he is self destructive and all the heartache that comes his way is deserved. The cast is terrific, David Thewlis really shines as Michael, adding so much depth and passion in to the part that it is difficult to imagine he was just sitting in a recording studio. Jennifer Jason Leigh also brings so much passion to the film as Lisa, and Tom Noonan as Everyone Else, actual credit, is terrific, he adds something new to every character, while using his own voice. Very different. Unique and beautifully animated, Anomalisa is certainly worth the watch if you are looking for a good drama or animation.

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ri43210
2016/01/04

Fortunately I was able to cut through this unusual, but crappy film, by fast forwarding through the dullest of dialogs. Don't waste your time on this so-called animated waste.

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Harhaluulo54
2016/01/05

Despite me watching 5 airing TV series and 2 completed ones, seeing 3 movies and played one story-driven video game, I am still thinking about Anomalisa week after seeing it and all this other stuff. Keeping the rating at 5/10 has been an uncertainty for me, but I have now decided to call it a 6/10 work. Anomalisa is definitely thought-provoking, unique and even memorable experience. The execution is very different from anything that's been done before. It feels heavy on substance even though it rides with the power of a single sentence. Some would go as far as calling this a masterpiece. Some think it has nothing to offer. Should have been 40 minutes long short film instead. I will just say this: is not necessarily a must watch, but it is a must try.

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Mike_Yike
2016/01/06

I knew nothing about Anomalisa ahead of time. The first thing I had to figure out once the film started was why are all the animated characters except two were using the same voice. Once I got beyond that, I just watched in a kind of odd, mesmerized state.Nothing much happens for about the first 20 minutes. It is Michael Stone; a writer and motivational speaker, checking into a hotel in Cincinnati where he is to lecture at a conference the next day. He is a man who no longer has feelings for his wife, and has other serious personal problems. That evening he meets a couple of women who are there for the conference, know who he is and are subsequently infatuated by him. The three have drinks together at the hotel bar which leads to an overnight stay in his room by one of the women.For a short few hours Michael Stone truly believes he is in love with the woman, Lisa. He thinks his loneliness is over. But as he and the lady eat breakfast the next morning, he discovers that he is annoyed by some of her habits and just as quickly as he fell in love, he falls out of love. He will return home to the wife he no longer loves, and his son, his life unchanged.I think the unusual, stop-motion animation make it an interesting movie. I do not think the plot alone would make it a good movie and it is a good movie.

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