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A Scanner Darkly   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   The Critics: B- 8 reviews Start Rating Movies Now! Sign In or sign up Yahoo! Users: B- 3803 ratings  User Reviews (214 reviews) Write your own review Sort by:  Most HelpfulMost RecentHighest GradeLowest Grade Previous   |  1-10 of 214  |   Next   Overall Grade: A Story: A Acting: A Direction: A Visuals: A+ Too Faithful... by Wouldinya (movies profile) (May 29, 2007) 85 of 96 people found this review helpful In 1992 my girlfriend gave me a copy of Phil K. Dick's "A Scanner Darkly." I read it and decided to sober up. The book has tremendous meaning for me. As a screenwriter, I... Full Review Overall Grade: A- Story: B+ Acting: A Direction: A- Visuals: B+ Advice for the perplexed by Mark (movies profile) (Nov 17, 2007) 74 of 81 people found this review helpful I saw this tonight in a packed house--all shows have been selling out--with three other people. I'd read the book; a friend enjoys Science Fiction, but hadn't read any of... Full Review Overall Grade: A- Story: A- Acting: B+ Direction: A- Visuals: A Lose yourself to this film,as you would to drugs. by Brock (movies profile) (Nov 17, 2007) 55 of 70 people found this review helpful One of the 3 most awaited films for me,A Scanner Darkly is in every fashion satisfying and worth the wait.I simply put this one of the more Philosophical,metamorphic,and... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A Visuals: A+ Linklater does it right by mkeeknox (movies profile) (Nov 17, 2007) 24 of 31 people found this review helpful Intense, trippy, funny, visually stimulating and thought provoking, this film has it all. Linklater captures the essense of Philip K. Dick's work at the highest level. Th... Full Review Overall Grade: C- Story: C- Acting: B Direction: C Visuals: B+ Anticlimatic and very dissappointing... by Geoff (movies profile) (Dec 2, 2007) 47 of 88 people found this review helpful Wow, what a disappointment. I had been looking forward to this film for a long time, but it certainly didn't live up to my expectations. The animation was interesting,... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ Will be a Cult Classic by Holierthenthou (movies profile) (Nov 17, 2007) 11 of 16 people found this review helpful I did see the film at the Cinerama Dome last night. It was very enthralling--brief as it is at 1 hour 40 minutes. No real spoilers here, but don't read this if you want... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A Acting: A Direction: A Visuals: A+ Great Movie, But It's Not For Everyone. by PBK (movies profile) (May 6, 2007) 5 of 5 people found this review helpful A Scanner Darkly is not a movie for everyone. Mostly because the major twists in the storyline leave some audience members clueless. Some people give up on it and say tha... Full Review Overall Grade: A- Story: A Acting: B+ Direction: A- Visuals: B Good Adaptation, Not Sure About Rotoscoping by Devron (movies profile) (Aug 1, 2006) 8 of 11 people found this review helpful As a longtime fan of PKD it was nice to see a movie stay so close to the source material. Many have complained that they couldn't follow the narrative, and it was very t... Full Review Overall Grade: B+ Story: B+ Acting: A- Direction: B Visuals: A Why isn't Robert Downey Jr. more popular? by (movies profile) (Aug 3, 2006) 6 of 7 people found this review helpful I liked "A Scanner Darkly" mostly because of Robert Downey Jr. He was hilarious and hyper and plays a good drug addict (though I'm not sure that was much of a stretch for... Full Review Overall Grade: B- Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A A Scanner Darkly Review. by Tyler Durden (movies profile) (Oct 11, 2007) 5 of 5 people found this review helpful Based on Philip K Dick's most personal work, A Scanner Darkly is a tale of drug use set in the near future - roughly 2015. The US is in a bad way, populated by a nation o... Full Review Previous   |  1-10 of 214  |   Next