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A Scanner Darkly
Everything is not going to be OK
Everything is not going to be OK
Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller - 2006
7.1
68%
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An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
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Before Sunrise
(1995)
On his way to Vienna, American Jesse meets Céline, a student returning to Paris. After long conversations forge a surprising connection between them, Jesse convinces Celine to get off the train with him in Vienna. Since his flight to the U.S. departs the next morning and he has no money for lodging, they wander the city together, takin...
A Scanner Darkly
Before Sunset
(2004)
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their stro...
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Boyhood
(2014)
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
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Before Midnight
(2013)
It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. Now, live in Paris with twin daughters, but have spent a summer in Greece on the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begin...
A Scanner Darkly
Dazed and Confused
(1993)
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.

Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
7 Jul 2006
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$8,700,000
Revenue:
$7,659,918
Awards:
4 wins & 21 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Linklater's willingness to experiment ... is laudable. But I'm not sure he's reinventing animation here, or even adequately serving that older-than-children animation audience.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
14 Jul 2006
fresh:
Mr. Linklater emerges once again as the Austin auteur par excellence, even if A Scanner Darkly is set in a ratty precinct of Orange County.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
27 Jul 2006
fresh:
Wondrously attractive, all the more so for the avoidance (with one or two exceptions) of extrovert Waking Life-style set-pieces.
– Ben Walters,
Time Out New York,
17 Aug 2006
fresh:
As A Scanner Darkly proves, Keanu is the Coolness -- passive blankness, leaden line delivery, and all. Let's hear it for the vague blur.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
23 Sep 2006
fresh:
The coolest thing about the movie version of A Scanner Darkly is how very literally it takes the scanner part of that title.
– Bob Mondello,
NPR.org,
18 Oct 2008
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