I didn't want to see this film at first because of the animation style. It looked poor because little was done post to actually make the characters speech consistent in successive frames. They lack human expressions. Since it appears each frame is pr... (read more) I didn't want to see this film at first because of the animation style. It looked poor because little was done post to actually make the characters speech consistent in successive frames. They lack human expressions. Since it appears each frame is processed on it's own with little relation to the rest, as scenes move on small details keep annoyingly flickering. This is immensely distracting and unrealistic. There should be artists touching up each frame, and then again as a moving scene to keep such annoyances to a minimum. So after all that and sitting down to watch this, I was hugely disappointed by a bland, pointless story.

Awesome sci-fi film, with a great hand drawn look.

this movie was really good a little confusing but still really good

Easily the best film I've seen recently. Fantastic. The cast is superb, each delivering unusual and adept performances. The story is bizarre, complex and dramatic and the ending particularly thought provoking. Was hyped up amongst my friendship group... (read more) Easily the best film I've seen recently. Fantastic. The cast is superb, each delivering unusual and adept performances. The story is bizarre, complex and dramatic and the ending particularly thought provoking. Was hyped up amongst my friendship group and easily met all requirements for a great film. The only down point? A strange and pointless sex scene. Other than that it's a brave film.

Mostly boring weird druggie crap. The animation is slightly interesting, but I just hated all the characters. The plot is supposed to be twisty, but just produces annoying confusion.

A little too strange.

While visually striking, this fails to hold the attention for its full running time due to its labyrinthine story.

[A] real-world movie that's essentially been spray-painted, Scanner has turned its back on one of animation's greatest strengths: the playful elasticity that allows characters to stretch and soar in impossible ways.

Embedded in the visionary headtrip of A Scanner Darkly is a hotly political call to arms.

It's a pity it doesn't have more oomph, because the book is arguably Dick's masterpiece, and as brain-rattling today as when it came out in 1977.

The movie probably involves more dialogue and less action than some people will expect; it's about the nature of a life where you can never be sure what or who is real.