Can an anamorphic movie still looked vertically stretched when projected with an anamorphic lens?

I recently viewed The Island at a local theater. The AR for the film
is 2.35:1 I think (though not sure how it was shot). I noticed during
the movie that while it looked like the right lens was being used for
projection, the faces of the actors looked a bit stretched vertically,
as if the projection lens wasn't quite stretching the image on the film
properly.

I spoke to the projectionist and he assured me that an anamorphic lens
was being used (though didn't say what manufacturer). Clearly it must
have been, else the picture would have looked very squeezed

Is it possible to have lens that is not quite right and so this
situation occur or am I imaging it! We both agreed that the distance
from the lens to the screen was not relevant not the distance from the
lens to the plate

Thanks

Larry

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