A Scanner Darkly

“The most impressive thing about the film's technical wizardry is, finally, how unimpressive it is. One doesn't leave the movie with a mind blown by visual bedazzlement but with a soul shattered by the profound sense of tragedy Linklater and company so beautifully put across.”

Glenn Kenny, Premiere · 100

“The casting of Reeves in the lead role is inspired: who better than the star of "The Matrix" and its sequels, a trilogy that borrows heavily from Dick's sensibility and obsessions, to play a personality split through overindulgence in drugs and manipulation by outside forces he barely recognizes?”

Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader · 100

“Probably the most faithful to the writer's tortured spirit. It's the kind of movie that gets under your skin - and stays there.”

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor · 91

“The brilliance of A Scanner Darkly is how it suggests, without bombast or fanfare, the ways in which the real world has come to resemble the dark world of comic books.”

Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times · 90

“What a breath of fresh air this stifling, claustrophobic, boldly uningratiating vision of an American subculture's last gasp imparts to its contrarian core audience. (Call me a hopeless addict: I've seen it three times.)”

Rob Nelson, Dallas Observer · 90