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2015
Not Rated
Universal Pictures
1 h 37 m

2015
Not Rated
Universal Pictures
1 h 37 m

Summary It is the near future, an ex-soldier and PTSD patient Ryan Reeve (Noel Clarke) has a very disturbing type of blackout amnesia: He regains consciousness days or weeks apart for exactly 9 minutes and 47 seconds, only to discover that he is now a lethal operative for a mysterious organization who wants him dead. Can Reeve stay two steps ahe...

Directed By: Noel Clarke

Written By: Simon Lewis, Noel Clarke

2015
Not Rated
Universal Pictures
1 h 37 m

2015
Not Rated
Universal Pictures
1 h 37 m

The Anomaly

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

27

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

6.6

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Summary It is the near future, an ex-soldier and PTSD patient Ryan Reeve (Noel Clarke) has a very disturbing type of blackout amnesia: He regains consciousness days or weeks apart for exactly 9 minutes and 47 seconds, only to discover that he is now a lethal operative for a mysterious organization who wants him dead. Can Reeve stay two steps ahe...

Directed By: Noel Clarke

Written By: Simon Lewis, Noel Clarke

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

0% Positive
0 Reviews

43% Mixed
3 Reviews

57% Negative
4 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

0% Positive
0 Reviews

43% Mixed
3 Reviews

57% Negative
4 Reviews

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Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Sep 25, 2015

It’s a nifty idea – especially in terms of structure – but that’s about it, with Clarke’s direction proving as flat as his performance.

Time Out London

Sep 25, 2015

Clarke directs fights in weird slo-mo and is generous with scenes of himself in his undies.

By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW

Sep 25, 2015

Big sci-fi ideas done on a budget doesn't quite translate into a compelling thriller.

By Kim Newman FULL REVIEW

Sep 25, 2015

The thread holding it all together is endless, repetitive, interminable fight scenes whose limp choreography is spiced up with Matrix-style slow motion -- in 2015. For all that -- fists flying, bullets dodged, gratuitous female nudity -- the film is oddly inert.

By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Sep 25, 2015

The general air of slipshod incompetence thus torpedoes the intriguing concepts underlying Lewis's screenplay.

By Neil Young FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Sep 25, 2015

There's infinitely more than one anomaly to be found in The Anomaly, a thoroughly nonsensical futuristic sci-fi thriller that makes a case for the perils of vanity projects.

By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW

Sep 25, 2015

From its elaborate but incoherent premise to its clunkily staged time-freeze fight sequences, not one detail of “The Anomaly” hasn’t been borrowed from a better movie. That magpie opportunism would matter less if the film at least had barreling narrative momentum.

By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

40% Positive
2 Ratings

40% Mixed
2 Ratings

20% Negative
1 Rating

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

40% Positive
2 Ratings

40% Mixed
2 Ratings

20% Negative
1 Rating

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Details

Production Company Unstoppable Entertainment, Tea Shop Productions, The Fyzz

Release Date Sep 25, 2015

Duration 1 h 37 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Tagline If you only had 9 minutes 47 seconds, what would you do?

Website https://www.facebook.com/TheAnomalyMovie?fref=ts

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Awards

Edinburgh International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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