Bounce Ko Gals (1997)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:8
Rotten:7
Average Rating:5.8/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 3, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: As soon as Lisa graduates from from her Sendai high school, she leaves home to begin her journey to America, where she's to continue her studies. When she gets to Tokyo, she decides to make some... [More]
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Reviews for Bounce Ko Gals
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Foreign film buffs who enjoyed Lost in Translation may find it worthwhile to revisit Japan with a native guide. Full Review |
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 2/5 |
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85/100 |
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4/5 |
a drama that focuses on the seedy world of Japanese schoolgirl prostitution - wins points for trying to tackle a hard subject, albeit with velvet gloves. Full Review |
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Manages the difficult feat of being simultaneously sordid and tedious at the same time. Full Review |
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B+ |
Three Japanese teens bounce from scenes of seedy underworld horror (and kink) to school-girl giggles. These final giggles that will hold you spell-bound. Full Review |
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2/5 |
[E]xpressive and often funny, but never deep or poetic. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Despite the lurid material, director Masato Harada's intelligent drama takes a refreshingly non-exploitative look at Japan's real-life sex industry and its relationship to an increasingly youth-oriented consumer culture. Full Review |
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6/10 |
Depressing, even with the uplifting finale. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Bounce Ko Gals feels fabricated, studio-bound and claustrophobic, which doesn't add to the ripped-from-the-headlines authenticity this genre has always depended on. Full Review |
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3/5 |
It's a down and dirty look at the world of the ko gals, but it has class. Full Review |
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The movie frames a critique of socially permissible pedophilia as indelible as Harada's eavesdropping mise-en-scène. Full Review |
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C- |
There's nothing fresh uncovered. Full Review |
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A straightforward story -- but nothing admirable here, no good people, no point. Full Review |
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85/100 |
Harada fashions a socially mimetic picture of seedy street-hustler life a la My Own Private Idaho and Olivier Assayas’ Cold Water. Full Review |
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