

Anomalisa
An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.
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7.1/10
1,885 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $8M
- Box office
- $5.7M
- Language
- English
- depression
- nightmare
- love at first sight
- melancholy
- puppet
- stop motion
- adult animation
- existentialism
- somber
- convention
- anti-depressant
- philosophical
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Behind the camera
Director
Writers
Music
Produced in
United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereTelluride Film Festival4 Sept 2015
- PremiereFantastic Fest25 Sept 2015
- Theatrical (limited)R30 Dec 2015
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival16 Oct 2015
- PremiereGlasgow Film Festival28 Feb 2016
- Theatrical1511 Mar 2016
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival15 Sept 2015
- Theatrical (limited)8 Jan 2016
ArgentinaAR
- PremiereMar del Plata Film Festival5 Nov 2015
BrazilBR
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival10 Oct 2015
- Theatrical1428 Jan 2016
CzechiaCZ
- Digital / OTT12+17 Mar 2016
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical153 Mar 2016
FranceFR
- Theatrical3 Feb 2016
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1221 Jan 2016
GreeceGR
- TheatricalΚ-1218 Feb 2016
- PhysicalDVD9 Jun 2016
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT1625 Nov 2015
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT1511 Mar 2016
Frequently asked questions
Anomalisa was released on 30 December 2015.
Audience reviews
4- R7/10
Reno
6/14/2016
> Through the eyes of one who thinks everyone in the world is alike. The film was based on the stage play. Originally it was meant for a short movie, but during in the production it was extended to a feature film length and ended up knocking the Oscars door. A R-rated stop-motion animation, which is the first in the history of the Academy Awards to get a nomination. My last stop-motion was the last year's 'Shaun t…
- M8/10
mattwilde123
3/9/2017
Reviewing this film gives me great pleasure as I thought it was very well made. It is a beautiful film about the isolation and the disembodiment of modern society. 'Anomalisa' tells the story of a man called Michael Stone played by David Thewlis on a business trip and we realise how lonely he is.The film is made using start-stop animation puppetry which had been chosen for amazing effect. Each character has the same …
- T8/10
tmdb47633491
4/7/2018
A reminder of what movies can do. That is, revitalize the soul. I usually watch movies in spurts. I won't see anything for 9-13 months, because things in my life are going for the most part smoothly, but then comes this inevitable (it would seem) slide back into not so much a depression as much a soul-level detachment from reality. Lethargy, I guess you'd call it. So I put together 40-50 new things to watch and marat…
- A
Abstractals
4/6/2026
Desperately sad yet beautiful in its simplicity, this stop-motion masterpiece about a man's mid-life crisis has a good chance of sticking with you, especially if you're older than 40.
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