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Great Yokai War (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 10
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Theatrical Release:Jun 30, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: After being crowned the "Kirin Rider," a young boy takes the lead in the battle between the ancient Japanese Yokai spirits and the enemy monsters. An extravagant epic, GREAT YOKAI WAR is a remake... [More]
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Reviews for Great Yokai War
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The Yokai War, when it finally comes, is pretty near an unmitigated disaster, filled with silly special effects and sillier action.
07/14/08
At just over two slow-moving hours, this picture might well outlast the narrow audience at which it's aimed-very young kids who can read subtitles quickly.
03/01/07
Its warmth and silliness are distracting enough, even when the plot fails.
08/31/06
Imagine Kwaidan cross-bred with The NeverEnding Story and directed by Terry Gilliam.
08/23/06
This noisy, effects-crazed PG-13 adventure might work for 10 year-olds who are beyond Nickelodeon piffle and ready for Japanese splatter.
08/13/06
Top CriticWith its scenes of mass destruction in Tokyo and its climactic mushroom cloud, the movie owes a psychic debt to the atomic-monster movies of the 50s and 60s, but its overriding tone is one of endless, giddy invention.
08/12/06
Top CriticThis is a wild adventure that is not always easy to follow, but it is a font of comedy and macabre imagination with a wonderful Japanese flavor.
08/05/06
The end product packs enough punch to please both children and Miike fans alike. That in itself is a great achievment.
07/12/06
... Miike's epic undertaking is probably best appreciated as the first stab at a live-action version of a Hayao Miyazaki ecologically minded extravaganza like Princess Mononoke.
07/08/06
Top CriticA fable of childhood's end with monsters, Miike's goofy, gallant, action-packed fantasy deserves to become a classic family film.
06/30/06
Takashi Miike's excursion into extravagant and demented fantasy combines folkloric elements with images from contemporary Japanese popular culture.
06/29/06
Top CriticThe film makes no more or less sense than Ridley Scott's Legend or Jim Henson's Labyrinth, and in fact has a creaky, blue-gel '80s-ness to it, but for many, keeping up with Miike's cranked output is an end in itself.
06/27/06
Top CriticA children's film--with a difference.
06/21/06
It's like a live-action Hayao Miyazaki film. It's an indescribable, hilarious and insane piece of work that also has a refreshingly old-school feel to it.
01/15/06
Odd blend of the truly cheesy with a few genuine f/x makes for a cutesy if not exactly thrilling spectacle.
09/22/05
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