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Anomalisa

  • 20152015
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  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Anomalisa (2015)
A man struggles with his inability to connect with other people.
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AnimationComedyDrama
A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
72K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
6,311
552
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    • Directors
      • Duke Johnson
      • Charlie Kaufman
    • Writer
      • Charlie Kaufman
    • Stars
      • David Thewlis(voice)
      • Jennifer Jason Leigh(voice)
      • Tom Noonan(voice)
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Duke Johnson
      • Charlie Kaufman
    • Writer
      • Charlie Kaufman
    • Stars
      • David Thewlis(voice)
      • Jennifer Jason Leigh(voice)
      • Tom Noonan(voice)
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    • 235User reviews
    • 395Critic reviews
    • 88Metascore
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 25 wins & 79 nominations total

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    Jennifer Jason Leigh and David Thewlis in Anomalisa (2015)
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    David Thewlis
    David Thewlis
    • Michael Stone
    • (voice)
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Lisa Hesselman
    • (voice)
    Tom Noonan
    Tom Noonan
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    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Duke Johnson
      • Charlie Kaufman
    • Writer
      • Charlie Kaufman
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    • Trivia
      Michael stays at the Fregoli hotel. The Fregoli delusion, or the delusion of doubles, is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise. The syndrome may be related to a brain lesion and is often of a paranoid nature, with the delusional person believing themselves persecuted by the person they believe is in disguise. The condition is named after the Italian actor Leopoldo Fregoli, who was renowned for his ability to make quick changes of appearance during his stage act.
    • Goofs
      There are numerous blue lights shown on top of the buildings on the Cincinnati airport property. Obstruction lights on structures near airports are required to be red. Only taxiway edge lights are blue in an airport environment.
    • Quotes

      Michael Stone: Sometimes there's no lesson. That's a lesson in itself.

    • Connections
      Featured in 73rd Golden Globe Awards (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Girls Just Want to Have Fun
      Written by Robert Hazard

      Italian translation by Stefano Tomaselli

      Vocals by Jennifer Jason Leigh

      Used by permission of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

    User reviews235

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    Anomalisa: A Mona Lisa
    Caught this film at a last minute matinée at ArcLight Hollywood. It's a stop motion animated film about a British author, voiced by David Thewlis, coming to Cincinnati for one night for a conference and his time spent in a first class hotel.

    At the beginning I was impatient with it, I thought it might be just a stop motion South Park episode, where all the voices are pretty much the same. Then when the character of Lisa came on the screen, it all changed for me. I got it, it clicked.

    The film is so disarmingly simple in its beauty and elegance. The relationship between the two main characters really touches you. Plus I'd never thought I'd be moved by the singing of a particular well known 1980s pop song in the film.

    The role of Lisa was a diamond in the rough character, a beautiful, flawed girl whose been wrongly ignored romantically and it just takes the right person to see how fantastic she really is. It made me think of the times I wished I'd had a Lisa in my life and the times I was fortunate enough to have one. Lisa was voiced by Jennifer Jason Leigh in a performance that fooled me, I was so drawn into the character I had no idea it was her, I only saw Lisa as Lisa.

    While not a perfect film, it won me over and works on many levels, the filmmakers, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, leave it largely up for the viewer to decide what the film is about. Is the lead character insane? Is he in Limbo, his own private Hell, is everyone a robot, wearing masks literally? Does he see oil painting beauty in someone one day and the next sees only cracks and flaws? Who can say?

    One thing though, voice actor Tom Noonan, albeit talented, should never sing again, ever. Never again, Dollarhyde, never again.

    Anomalisa, or as I call it, A Mona Lisa, is the same as the iconic painting that is its namesake, kind of a thing of flawed beauty.
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    • newnoir
    • Jan 1, 2016

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    • Release date
      • March 11, 2016 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Facebook (United Kingdom)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Аномаліза
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Animation
      • HanWay Films
      • Harmonius Claptrap
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $8,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,759,286
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $135,222
      • Jan 3, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,659,286
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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