Review of Anomalisa (2015) by Pimplup — 05 Jun 2022
This movie stars Michael Stone, a man who has money, fame, and a wife & son. He flies to another state for a 1-day business trip and asks two different women to sleep with him. The second one agrees, so you get to see a gentle (yet graphic) stop-motion sex scene between 2 clay people. The next morning, he says he wants to leave his wife to be with her, but then a minute later he just loses interest in her and heads back home to his family.
The movie does some clever things to show you how Michael sees the world. The advice in his book & speech is to treat every customer as an individual, yet nearly everyone he interacts with uses the exact same voice, conveying to the viewer that Michael finds it impossible to see their individuality (i.e. "the Fregoli delusion"). The dialogue and animation suggest that he has other symptoms of psychosis too, to the point where it's easy to feel sorry for him.
The stop-motion animation was really well-done, but the only takeaway I got from the movie was "if someone seems like a douche, maybe they're just mentally ill".
This review of Anomalisa (2015) was written by Pimplup on 05 Jun 2022.
Anomalisa has generally received very positive reviews.
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