Fear and Trembling Reviews
Sly Fox
A clean S&M flick which only devotees of mental cruelty are likely to find satisfying. Office Space, Japanese Style!
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| Original Score: 1/4
Filmcritic.com
a bravura performance in a memorable film.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Top Critic
One of the screen's most cuttingly funny looks at office life.
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| Original Score: 3/4
... subtly sexual and erotic, despite the fact that every scene takes place in the office and there is not a single overt sexual act or word or gesture or reference.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Salt Lake Tribune
A shrewd but spiky satire about corporate bureaucracy and Japanese social stratification.
| Original Score: 3.5/4
One Guy's Opinion
Cool, incisive, funny but also strangely melancholy...connoisseurs of cinematic elegance should find it a brilliant jewel.
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| Original Score: B+
The film is more ambiguous about its characters' desire than it needs to be.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Reeling Reviews
Testud, who appears to be fluent in the Japanese language, throws herself into this role and is wickedly funny as she flounders in the perverse environment
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| Original Score: B
The delicacy of the film comes from the fine performances, particularly Kaori Tsuji as Fubuki.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Moves swiftly and builds to a satisfying conclusion.
| Original Score: 3/4
Los Angeles Daily News
Harrowing and hilarious.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Offers a mostly fascinating look at Japanese culture as seen through narrowly focused Western eyes.
| Original Score: B
Blogcritics.org
The movie is slight but in a way that makes it the opposite of pushy; it's companionably easy to laugh with.
Orlando Weekly
From its snarky water-cooler comedy to its satisfying dabblings in feminism, the movie has a championship heart in Testud, an electric screen presence any audience will follow as willingly as the camera tracks her marvelously expressive features.
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| Original Score: 4/5
A captivating tale of corporate degradation and eventual liberation.
