Synopsis
Welcome to the Kaufman surreal-neorealism tale in a dull world of sameness.
An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.
Anomalisa
Directors
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Original Writer
Editor
Cinematography
Assistant Director
Executive Producers
Keith Calder Dan Harmon Jessica Wu Adrian Versteegh Joe Russo James A. Fino Aaron Mitchell Kassandra Mitchell Pandora Edmiston Simon Oré David M. Rheingold David Fuchs
Production Design
Art Direction
Visual Effects
Cesar Diaz Melendez Timothy Reckart Kent Burton Chris Tootell Adam Fisher Dan MacKenzie Kim Blanchette Rachel Larsen Daniel Gill Ludovic Berardo Owen Klatte Dan Driscoll Drayson Helberg Peggy Arel Sergio Lara Jimenez Derek Smith Gilbert Juarez III B.L. Jurgens
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Alternative Titles
安诺玛丽莎, 不正常丽莎, 不寻常的她, 失常丽莎, 安諾瑪麗莎, Аномализа, אנומליסה, 아노말리사, 失常, Аномаліза, アノマリサ, Аномалиса, อโนมาลิซ่า, آنومالیسا
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Releases by Date
Premiere
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USA
Telluride Film Festival
08 Sep 2015
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Italy
Venice Film Festival
15 Sep 2015
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Canada
Toronto International Film Festival
20 Sep 2015
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Spain
Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival
25 Sep 2015
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USA
Fantastic Fest
10 Oct 2015
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
16 Oct 2015
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UK
BFI London Film Festival
05 Nov 2015
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Argentina
Mar del Plata Film Festival
28 Jan 2016
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Sweden
Gothenburg Film Festival
29 Jan 2016
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Netherlands
International Film Festival Rotterdam
28 Feb 2016
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UK
Glasgow Film Festival
Theatrical limited
30 Dec 2015
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USAR
08 Jan 2016
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Canada
Theatrical
21 Jan 2016
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Germany12
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PortugalM/14
28 Jan 2016
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Brazil14
03 Feb 2016
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France
05 Feb 2016
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MexicoB-15
12 Feb 2016
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Sweden
18 Feb 2016
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GreeceΚ-12
19 Feb 2016
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Spain16
25 Feb 2016
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Netherlands12
03 Mar 2016
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Denmark15
11 Mar 2016
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UK15
30 Mar 2016
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South Korea18
Physical
09 Jun 2016
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Greece
06 Jul 2016
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Netherlands12
Releases by Country
Argentina
05 Nov 2015
- Premiere Mar del Plata Film Festival
Brazil
10 Oct 2015
- Premiere Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
28 Jan 2016
- Theatrical14
Canada
15 Sep 2015
- Premiere Toronto International Film Festival
08 Jan 2016
- Theatrical limited
Denmark
03 Mar 2016
- Theatrical15
France
03 Feb 2016
- Theatrical
Germany
21 Jan 2016
- Theatrical12
Greece
18 Feb 2016
- TheatricalΚ-12
09 Jun 2016
- Physical DVD
Italy
08 Sep 2015
- Premiere Venice Film Festival
Mexico
05 Feb 2016
- TheatricalB-15
Netherlands
29 Jan 2016
- Premiere International Film Festival Rotterdam
25 Feb 2016
- Theatrical12
06 Jul 2016
- Physical12 DVD, Blu-Ray
Portugal
21 Jan 2016
- TheatricalM/14
South Korea
30 Mar 2016
- Theatrical18
Spain
20 Sep 2015
- Premiere Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival
19 Feb 2016
- Theatrical16
Sweden
28 Jan 2016
- Premiere Gothenburg Film Festival
12 Feb 2016
- Theatrical
UK
16 Oct 2015
- Premiere BFI London Film Festival
28 Feb 2016
- Premiere Glasgow Film Festival
11 Mar 2016
- Theatrical15
USA
04 Sep 2015
- Premiere Telluride Film Festival
25 Sep 2015
- Premiere Fantastic Fest
30 Dec 2015
- Theatrical limitedR
Popular reviews
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"Some boys take a beautiful girl,
and hide her away from the rest of the world..."*SPOILERS WILL FOLLOW AS THIS WILL BE MORE OF A
DISORGANIZED DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS THAN REVIEW*Another note about the film's ending: Lisa does not use the term "Anomalisa" in the final scene of the film, but rather says that she looked up "Anomarisa," in a Japanese-English dictionary and that it translates to Goddess in Heaven. Now, "Anomarisa" isn't the Japanese phrase for Goddess of Heaven, though the actual term is a rather similar sounding phrase (Ama Terasu) and the origin of this term makes sense in the context of the film's themes. Ama Terusu (or Amaterasu Omikami) is "the Great Goddess Spirit Shining in Heaven....…
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So I rewatched Anomalisa, one of the top 5 films of that embarrassing “100 movies in one summer” video I did 2 years ago, and after an hour long discussion with the people I watched it with that ended in me deciding once again that CMBYN is insanely irresponsible, I’m coming to terms with the fact that this isn’t the “masterpiece” I made it out to be. What a long sentence!
It could be that I watched Synecdoche New York after seeing this (and FAMOUSLY was more blown away by that) or it could be me being forced to try and make sense of it to a room full of people who hated it, ultimately and unsurprisingly losing that debate.…
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this bitch was one consecutive line of awkward conversations, shit gave me more anxiety than uncut gems
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"i think you're extraordinary, but i don't know why yet."
…it has something to do with a courageous reckoning with a man's egocentrism. "every one you talk to has had a day." loved the small scale, loved the discombobulating animation mode, loved the puppet cunnilingus. not an expansion of Kaufman's worldview (how can you expand on Synecdoche?), but a refinement... a guide for daily living.
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"In a dream, you came and held my hand;
our love was perfect in that sphere.
No, I never met you, my sweet dear.
And my friends, they say you don't exist.
But friends are cowards, full of fear,
afraid to look at what they missed."**THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN
THEMATIC & SCENE-CONTENT SPOILERS**The ending is the real gut punch because you've been living in Michael's own, disturbed world/mind for so long that you might forget to consider the effect his behavior might have on another individual also suffering from immense loneliness (but for entirely different reasons, his a result of mental scarring and hers possibly a result of being repressed by a world judgmental of physical disfigurements, a scar…
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well damn if i wanted to watch an animated middle-aged sad sack make bad life decisions and have uncomfortable unprotected sex with strange women while occasionally dropping social commentary in the form of an inappropriately-timed monologue i would have just watched bojack horseman :/
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I was basically held at gunpoint in the comment section of my stop-motion video to watch this and boy am I glad I did.
Sorta at a loss for words and anything I say about it won’t really be able to really sum up how much I enjoyed it. Slapping a rating on it feels dumb. Felt so real and honest and just perfect in every way. Just gonna leave it at that.
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN!
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The tale of a man who mastered how to manipulate people into a false sense of security. This skill backfires on him and he ends up falling out of love with humanity entirely, as a result he suffers endlessly. This film was beautifully done.
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Ideas about this film I am willing to entertain:
1. We are supposed to think of Michael Stone as an awful human being.
2. Everyone is poorly written on purpose, that's the point. Michael can't see anyone other than as a sketch of a human being that exists in relationship to him.Arguments about this film I am not willing to entertain:
1. This film has any insight or anything of significance to say about Michael, the male psyche, masculinity crisis, or anything else.
2. Writing a movie poorly on purpose means that the movie doesn't suck in part for being poorly written.
3. Being completely unadventurous and refusing to try to be smart, interesting, new, insightful, specific, interesting, enjoyable… -
"I think you’re extraordinary."
"Why?"
"I don’t know yet."I don't really actually know what to say about this movie? I can't think of anything clever, I can't think of anything moving. I guess I'm just kind of broken. Thanks Charlie Kaufman, for being the leading cause of my depression.
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