A Scanner Darkly (2006)


A Scanner Darkly
6.7 Listal rating
7 IMDB rating
Directed by


Starring (View all)
Rory Cochrane

Rory Cochrane

Charles Freck
Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.

James Barris
Mitch Baker

Mitch Baker

Brown Bear Lodge Host
Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

Bob Arctor
Sean Allen

Sean Allen

Additional Fred Scramble Suit Voice
Cliff Haby

Cliff Haby

Voice from Headquarters
Steven Chester Prince

Steven Chester Prince

Cop
Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder

Donna Hawthorne


Written by
Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater

(screenplay)


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A Scanner What?

6 years, 1 month ago at Apr 8 20:12
4 votes
First off I never quite understood the meaning behind this films animated adaptation. The animation was awful, something any first design student could have pulled off with a hacked version of Adobe Flash Pro. How Keanu Reeves manages a career in the acting business I will never know. Although Robert Downey Jr. poured in a decent performance, I hardly think it was a stretch from his normal life. ... read more

A let down

6 years, 3 months ago at Feb 12 8:14
3 votes
Grand Assault's review is spot on in this case. I too wanted this movie to be so much more, and was fascinated by the trippy animation, but overrall it was a dissapointment. This film had a great theme and animation, and the 'concept' of the plot was decent, but through most of the movie, the dialogue was just too distracting and off-topic that I just got lost and stopped caring about what happe... read more

Clearly? Or darkly?

4 years, 6 months ago at Nov 11 9:55
3 votes
''The pain, so unexpected and undeserved had for some reason cleared away the cobwebs. I realized I didn't hate the cabinet door, I hated my life... My house, my family, my backyard, my power mower. Nothing would ever change; nothing new could ever be expected. It had to end, and it did. Now in the dark world where I dwell, ugly things, and surprising things, and sometimes little wondrous things, ... read more
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Description: Set in the not-too-distant future where a new drug, substance D, has created an epidemic, 'A Scanner Darkly' charts the mental unraveling of Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves). Arctor is an undercover cop who has been assigned to track a group of individuals who include the druggily verbose Barris (Robert Downey Jr.), the hyper-intense Luckman ... (more)
Release date : 18 August 2006
Animation (27), Sci-fi (21), Mystery (18), Drugs (18), Thriller (14), Drama (11), 2006 (10), Undercover (6), Philip K. Dick (5), Indie (5), 2000s (5), Dystopia (5), (4), Animated (4), Usa (4), Adaptation (4), Drug Addiction (3), Crime (3), Rotoscoping (3), Deception (3)
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"This is a unique animation intended for adult viewers. The style of the animation is very unique, and it is presented very well. Audiences are brought into the dystopian future world, and Robert Downey Jr is a welcome addition to voice acting. A really interesting movie that is well worth a watch."


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" First viewing Note: I had to watch this movie for a homework project and I knew nothing about this movie until I saw it. I thought it was a really cool movie and the animation was really neat. I do wish that they make more movies like this, but I guess this be a type of film that you will see once in a decade or two. The characters in this movie were well done and I thought the acting was pretty good. I do feel like the third act of the movie felt very rushed. Overall, it was a really cool mo"


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"A Scanner Darkly borrows from Philip K. Dick's novel by the same name. It follows Bob Arctor as he struggles with his sense of identity and purpose. The plot also involves the attempt to find the source of a drug called Substance-D. Many of Philip K. Dick's novels feature characters that are tortured and damaged. This is highlighted very well in the movie. Although in this movie, much of that damage is due to the abuse of Substance-D. I'm sure you noticed that a similar rotoscoping technique"


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" A Scanner Darkly has a lot of great ideas hanging with it. Along with it's bitter-sweet open ending, I would like to see what happens to Arctor and whether or not he recovers from rehab and see if the drug distributor disguised as a rehabilitation clinic would be dealt with. I'd like to see and explore more of this dystopian world and focus more on how the drug epidemic affects society, not just on individual characters. "


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