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Scanner Darkly, A (2006) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Scanner Darkly, A (2006) a score of 2.7693 out of 4

based on (288) reviews

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Excellent

(29)

Very Good

(209)

Good

(47)

Fair

(2)

Poor

(1)

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Chicago Reader (Andrea Gronvall)

The casting of Reeves in the lead role is inspired: who better than the star of "The Matrix" and its sequels, a trilogy that borrows heavily from Dick's sensibility and obsessions, to play a personality split through overindulgence in drugs and...read the complete Scanner Darkly, A (2006) review at Chicago Reader (Andrea Gronvall)

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San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)

Moviemakers over the past few decades have scavenged Philip K. Dick's science fiction the way ivory hunters approach an elephant carcass. Films such as "Total Recall" and even Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" adopt the loose themes and action...read the complete Scanner Darkly, A (2006) review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)

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In Review (Adam Suraf)

“D is for dumbness, and desertion, and despair,” says Keanu Reeves as Philip K. Dick’s undercover detective/drug addict Bob Arctor in “A Scanner Darkly”, “D is finally death, slow death, from the head down.” Anybody who has read...read the complete Scanner Darkly, A (2006) review at In Review (Adam Suraf)

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MTV (Kurt Loder)

[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....read the complete Scanner Darkly, A (2006) review at MTV (Kurt Loder)