Review of Anomalisa (2015) by Jon P — 27 Jan 2016
Animator Duke Johnson and meta-director Charlie Kaufman team up to tackle introspection and individuality in this stop-motion gem.
The duo's beautiful, bittersweet tale explores the clash between crippling conformity and elusive individuality, in a world of corporate speeches and preachy self-help books.
Voiced by a cast of just three people, the film follows a lonely author who perceives everyone in his world as identical, until he meets a unique woman whose mouth moves to the beat of Jennifer Jason Leigh. Any further plot description would pre-emptively spoil Kaufman's meticulous (and very successful) efforts to, once again, lift the lid on the human mind, its cogs and its components.
Anomalisa is at once a touching, tricky and taunting tale; its distinct intelligence matched only by the quality of its stunning animation. Girl's just wanna have fun, as do we all.
This review of Anomalisa (2015) was written by Jon P on 27 Jan 2016.
Anomalisa has generally received very positive reviews.
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