Review by Screen_O_Genic

Based on Thom Yorke's third solo album of the same name "Anima" is a collaboration between the Radiohead frontman and renowned director Paul Thomas Anderson. A 15 minute short on the drudgery of modern urban living "Anima" finds Yorke co-writing the soundtrack and in the lead role as a common man going through the tedium of day to day life. Using robotic synchronized choreography to depict life's mundanity Yorke and the rest of the cast bend, hop, slide and glide through the film rounding out in full circle life's course by finding themselves back where they came from at the end of the flick. I looked forward to seeing this film with some anticipation as it looked promising but was disappointed early in the film with the corny routines the actors made. I was expecting a darker, cooler and deeper film that would have complemented Yorke's best work. Instead I was witness to what looked like a backdrop to a Michael Jackson concert. That said despite the boring view it's good to see Yorke branching out in middle age and doing pretty well at it. For fans and the curious.