More selfconscious weirdness from Charlie Kaufman. Anomalisa is a low-key gem, though, awkward and intense and almost unwatchably melancholy. The story of a successful but lonely man having a brief encounter is nothing out of the ordinary in and of itself, but when it's presented in stop-motion animation it takes on a positively dreamlike quality. In a genius casting decision, only the two protagonists are given unique voices, with Tom Noonan taking all the other roles, whether masculine or feminine, adult or child. The end result turns the mundane into something haunting and nigh-on unbearably sad. Highly recommended.
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