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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe unfortunate fact is that it's more than a little dull when it isn't preposterous.
- 60The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisMr. Miller and his co-writer, Tom Phelan, manage to get under your skin largely with borrowed implements, though they receive solid support from Willem Dafoe and the resourceful veteran cinematographer Fred Murphy.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThere are undeniably arresting moments along the way, thanks to Dafoe's subtly intense performance and the well-crafted visuals.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceAny resemblance between these and the real-world practice known as murder--committed for trifling old human motivations like blind anger and money--is strictly coincidental.
- 50VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibBeyond its cool, reflective surfaces and infinite plays with perspective lies nothing -- character, relationships, motives all seemingly irrelevant. Even Willem Dafoe as a haunted cop cannot ground these artfully grisly optical illusions, unconnected to any comprehensible storyline.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThe long shadow of David Fincher's "Seven" falls on Anamorph, a moody, ultimately unexciting thriller.
- 38New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithA serial-killer flick told like an art lecture, Anamorph manages to be gruesome yet dull.
- 30Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonLos Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonDirector H.S. Miller thinks he's made something broodingly visionary when you're more likely to be aesthetically shaken up by one of Mad magazine's Fold-Ins.