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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2003)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:11
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Should appeal to fans of the genre.
Theatrical Release:Apr 4, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $910,607
Synopsis: Set on Mars in the year 2071, COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE is based on the much-loved animated television series by Japanese director Shinichiro Watanabe. (The show airs on the Cartoon Network in the... [More]
Starring: Steven Jay Blum, Beau Billingslea, Wendee Lee, Mellissa Fahn
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
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Reviews for Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
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05/19/04
Top CriticThe movie, with room to gallop through nearly two hours and an R rating, often just kicks around in the stable.
06/06/03
Top CriticEven those unfamiliar with the good ship Bebop will enjoy the high-intensity action and witty dialogue.
05/15/03
Top CriticHonors the affectless beauty of the original anime art and maintains the outlaw boppiness of the series concept.
04/16/03
Top CriticHelmer Shinichiro Watanabe's oversight of Bebop's more expansive visual canvas is impressive, bringing out details not previously seen in tale's small screen version.
04/15/03
Top CriticThe atmospherics are wonderfully dark and film-noirish, if overly violent.
04/04/03
Top CriticToo episodic to be coherent drama, too silly to be taken seriously and too long by far, this is the rare example of Japanese anime that seems singularly lacking in inspiration.
04/04/03
Top CriticIt's hard to imagine this overlong, overplotted and underdrawn animation winning many new converts, either to the series or to anime in general.
04/04/03
Top CriticAn endless and endlessly pretentious expansion of the popular Japanese anime TV series.
04/04/03
Top CriticAnimaniacs will probably want to bump that rating up a star, and even I am looking forward to catching episodes of the TV show.
04/04/03
Top CriticPossesses the same peculiar blend of hard-edged violence and insufferable cuteness that has effectively kept anime underground in the States.
04/04/03
Top CriticWith all due respect to Japanese animation fans and pop-culture enthusiasts, life may be just too short to plunge into the busy world of Cowboy Bebop.
04/04/03
Top CriticThis switched-on futuristic anime noir is visually stunning -- and it makes a lot more sense than Spirited Away!
04/04/03
Top CriticCan take its place among animated films unexceptional in their depiction of humans and among a long line of B-movies about small bands of mercenary heroes who save a world or city or town as filmgoers know it.
04/03/03
Top CriticThe characters may not move with the fluidity of their American counterparts, but the story unfolds with a sinister grace that any live-action director might envy.
04/03/03
Top CriticThe animation is spellbinding, the characters are ultra-cool and the action is nonstop.
04/03/03
Top CriticThe sound effects and musical choices will underwhelm some, but those previously tuned in with the TV series will be happy to see the team of bounty hunters back in action.
04/03/03
Top CriticThis is magnetic, beautiful stuff.
04/03/03
Top CriticAims to transcend its own genre by emulating all genres, and it falls short only in the melodrama.
04/01/03
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