Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- brooding
- paranoid
- cerebral
- late night thriller viewing
- mystery movie night
What critics said
Critics generally found the film technically assured and twisty, with strong performances and an intriguing premise, but considered it commercially conventional and lacking distinctive flair.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
John investigates Anna by entering electronically aided memories, making recollection itself the terrain of the investigation.
John's recovery from his wife's death and stroke becomes intertwined with his attempt to understand Anna's psychological crisis.
The memory-detective technology serves a troubled teenager's mental state and a damaged investigator's emotional recovery.
The premise centers on entering electronically aided memories, allowing investigation to move through psychologically charged interior realities.
Films like Anna, and why
Inception
Shared psychological thriller structure, investigation into disturbed memories, and uncertainty about subjective reality.
Minority Report
Shared memory manipulation premise, noir-inflected investigation, and emotionally damaged protagonist.
Vertigo
Shared Hitchcock-style psychological suspense, unreliable perception, and identity-centered mystery.
The Cell
Shared cerebral science fiction, trauma-driven investigation, and reality destabilization.
Movie Details
- Director
- Jorge Dorado
- Release Date
- 2013-10-13
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (739)
Cast
- Mark Strong
- Taissa Farmiga
- Brian Cox
- Saskia Reeves
- Richard Dillane
- Indira Varma
- Noah Taylor
- Alberto Ammann
- Jessica Barden
- Clare Calbraith
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, FlixFling, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Anna about?
- A grief-stricken memory detective takes on a teenage girl's eating disorder and finds his supposedly simple case opening into a dangerous maze of subjective truth.
- What is Anna like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Anna as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Anna violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Anna as mild.
- What did critics think of Anna?
- Critics generally found the film technically assured and twisty, with strong performances and an intriguing premise, but considered it commercially conventional and lacking distinctive flair.
- Which films are like Anna?
- Films with a similar feel include Inception, Minority Report, Vertigo, and The Cell.
- How long is Anna?
- Anna runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch Anna?
- In United States, Anna streams on Amazon Prime Video, FlixFling, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel.
