Review of Anomalisa (2015) by Brunovn00 — 07 Apr 2019

Not only does this movie tells a pretty straight-forward and easy to understand story but underneath there is so much that this movie wants to say. The presentation looks impressive. The stop motion animation is really smooth and fantastic, the sets are unbelievable and look so realistic that at times I forget I’m watching a set of a stop motion film and the lighting and the cinematography are amazing.

The characters also look unique and they have a stylistic choice that is done not because “it looks cool and different” but also because it fits with the messages this movie has. Everything feels so human, so realistic, from the world to the actions of the characters, it’s impressive.

There’s so much to talk about. It is a movie that will end up blowing your mind for sure. It talks in a cynical way about how life and human relations can get monotone and boring. It portrays loneliness and how it doesn’t matter if you have everything, you can still feel miserable.

Again, it has so much too say in just a runtime of barely 90 minutes. My only issue is the pacing I guess. Because the start is a bit slow and then it becomes a lot more fast-paced and remains like that for the rest of the movie.

It is also a breath of fresh air to see a stop motion animation clearly made for adults. While Isle of Dogs is not really a kids movie it isn’t rated R, meanwhile Anomalisa is, and takes advantage of that to bring a truly mature story.