Fresh
The coolest thing about the movie version of A Scanner Darkly is how very literally it takes the scanner part of that title.
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
A Scanner Darkly
Everything is not going to be OK.
2006 · 1h 40m · R
Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Richard Linklater
Overview
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Director and cast
- Richard Linklater Director
- Keanu Reeves as Fred/Bob Arctor
- Winona Ryder as Donna Hawthorne
- Woody Harrelson as Ernie Luckman
- Robert Downey Jr. as James Barris
- Mitch Baker as Brown Bear Lodge Host
- Steven Chester Prince as Cop
- Natasha Valdez as Waitress
- Angela Rawna as Doctor 1
- Chamblee Ferguson as Doctor 2
- Melody Chase as Arctor's Wife
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
68%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As A Scanner Darkly proves, Keanu is the Coolness -- passive blankness, leaden line delivery, and all. Let's hear it for the vague blur.
Dana Stevens, Slate
Fresh
Wondrously attractive, all the more so for the avoidance (with one or two exceptions) of extrovert Waking Life-style set-pieces.
Ben Walters, Time Out New York
Fresh
Mr. Linklater emerges once again as the Austin auteur par excellence, even if A Scanner Darkly is set in a ratty precinct of Orange County.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Rotten
Linklater's willingness to experiment ... is laudable. But I'm not sure he's reinventing animation here, or even adequately serving that older-than-children animation audience.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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