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43 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
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  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    63
    The unfortunate fact is that it's more than a little dull when it isn't preposterous.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    60
    There are undeniably arresting moments along the way, thanks to Dafoe's subtly intense performance and the well-crafted visuals.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    60
    Mr. 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.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jim Ridley
    50
    Any 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.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    50
    Beyond 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.
  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    40
    The long shadow of David Fincher's "Seven" falls on Anamorph, a moody, ultimately unexciting thriller.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    A serial-killer flick told like an art lecture, Anamorph manages to be gruesome yet dull.
  8. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    30
    Director 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.
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