A Scanner Darkly (2006) movie poster

A Scanner Darkly (2006)

"Everything is not going to be OK."
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👍 70%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 70%
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Director
Richard Linklater
Runtime
1h 40m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.8/10 (1,902 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Metacritic
73

Cast

Keanu Reeves as Bob Arctor · 72% avg
Robert Downey Jr. as James Barris · 75% avg
Woody Harrelson as Ernie Luckman · 70% avg
Winona Ryder as Donna Hawthorne · 72% avg
Rory Cochrane as Charles Freck · 71% avg
Mitch Baker as Brown Bear Lodge Host
Sean Allen as Additional Fred Scramble Suit Voice (voice)
Cliff Haby as Voice from Headquarters (voice)

Is A Scanner Darkly good?

Most people think so. 70% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 70%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#498 / 661 · Animation
Rank in its year
#149 / 206 · 2006
Rank among its director's films
#9 / 12 · Richard Linklater
On ThumbScore's lists
Best Free Animated Movies on Kanopy (#17)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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'A Scanner Darkly': Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. anchor an animated thriller of sci-fi paranoia.
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In A Scanner Darkly (2006), the Philips brand headphones read “PHIL D” - a reference to Philip K. Dick, author of the 1977 novel from which the film was adapted.
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