Anomalisa is a dreary and pretentious art piece about a wealthy, neurotic, middle aged limey (who is a married) who preys upon and manipulates a woman much younger than him. The filmmakers expect us to feel sympathy for this delusional weirdo (in which he thinks all people except this young woman) are the same person. At the conclusion of the film I ended up hating the main character, felt really unnerved by the creepy animation and that uncomfortable sex scene, and felt completely empty because the film just left me with a very bad taste in my mouth. The film was marketed as moving and touching but incidentally was a needlessly stupid pity party about one crazy old guy's first world problems and unhealthy libido. Skip it.

Kaufman's subtle quirky comedy is on fine form here, the strangeness of the world and its inhabitants amplified by the feature's remarkable stop-motion aesthetic yet juxtaposed by its realistic writing and performances. So is his knack for portraying genuine human emotion, with a heavy melancholy beginning to seep in rather quickly. 'Anomalisa (2016)' is wonderfully made in every aspect and is a deliriously human picture, an honest portrayal that is rare to see in any form of media. It never takes the easy route - featuring perhaps the most realistic and unflinching sex scene I've ever seen on film - but its message does get a little muddled along the way. 6/10

In my reviews, I usually critique and obsess over story-line, cinematography, production design, and acting. And although I have good things to say about the voice acting and the beautiful (and to be honest, quite haunting) stop-motion, this review will be my anomaly. Because the characters in this movie deserve their own standing ovation. I watched Anomalisa not knowing what to expect, having never seen anything written by Charlie Kaufman before (I apologize to the hardcore Kaufman fans, but I promise after Anomalisa, it'll be hard to keep me away).And so I sat there while the movie folded out in front of me--It was so simple. Yet the entire time, I was taken aback at how REAL the characters were. Every little thing they said, every little thing they did, and every little thing they went through, I found it so easy to sympathize and relate to these characters who, just minutes before the movie started, had meant absolutely nothing to me. And for me, that was magical.I usually fall in love with the story of a movie. But here, the characters WERE the story. And they really weren't that special at all. But that's what made them the most beautiful.

Acclaimed Writer-Director Charlie Kaufman's films might not be for everyone, and they are an acquired taste; but one thing for sure is that Kaufman is an anomaly in so many filmmaking ways. Kaufman goes for the stop-motion animation in his movie "Anomalisa", which he co-directed with animation Director Duke Johnson. Anomalisa's protagonist is Michael Stone, a middle-aged motivational business speaker & author who travels to Cincinnati for a gig as a keynote speaker at a conference. Stone finds people and life in general very monotonous and with much sameness. But things go anomalistic when he meets Lisa, a depressed telemarketing representative who is attending the conference. Michael sees Lisa as a vibrant, standout woman and falls for her. His "hands of Stone" even get in Lisa's private parts. OK, that is enough. I will let you figure it out. But I do highly recommend to visit this eccentric, visionary film that had me quite engaged throughout its narrative. There is spectacular voice work from David Thewlis who voices Stone, Jennifer Jason-Leigh who voices Lisa, and Tom Noonan who voices everyone else. The animation was divine, and the score was right on. Kaufman's screenplay was a simplistic but original tour-de-force. And Johnson and him directed the hell out of "Anomalisa". Anomalisa! Anomalisa! Men have loved you!!! Hope women love it too, because it is in motion as a "must see" stop-motion animation treat. ***** Excellent