88
Metascore
46 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleAnomalisa might be bizarre, surreal and far out, but it always feels paradoxically real, grounded and deeply true.
- 100The GuardianCatherine ShoardThe GuardianCatherine ShoardAnomalisa is a movie with wit to burn (look out for the Sarah Brightman line and the meeting room pit) and enough incidental touches that the total achievement feels immense.
- 100The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThis is a wonderfully odd consideration of those questions about love, pain, solitude and human connection we all ask; its emotional power creeps out from under the subtle humor and leaves a subcutaneous imprint that lingers long after the movie is over.
- 100The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinKaufman and Johnson tease out the possible causes and effects of Michael’s crisis with great imagination, tilting your sympathies so subtly as they do so that you don’t even feel it going on.
- 100Time Out LondonDave CalhounTime Out LondonDave CalhounIt’s both soaringly romantic and truly sad.
- 100VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeAnomalisa’s existence is a minor miracle on multiple levels, from the Kickstarter campaign that funded it (the credits give “special thanks” to 1,070 names) to the oh-so-delicate way the film creeps up on you, transitioning from a low-key dark night of the soul into something warm, human and surprisingly tender.
- 100HitfixDrew McWeenyHitfixDrew McWeenyAnomalisa is an extraordinarily wise film about the reasons we turn to other people and the enormous difficulty of doing so.
- 83The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezKaufman and fellow director Duke Johnson strike the right balance here, deftly mixing spiritual crisis and despondency with moments of painful awkwardness and biting hilarity.
- 80Screen DailyLee MarshallScreen DailyLee MarshallCharlie Kaufman is back – with a wistful, resonant film, a bracing, wry, honest dose of cinematic melancholy.