Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
65 %
Reviews Counted: 26 Fresh: 17 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 6.2/10
Consensus:
If nothing else, Happiness of the Katakuris scores points for its delirious, over-the-top originality.
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis: Best known for his dark splatterfests (AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER), director Takeshi Miike takes a detour from his usual style with HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS. After losing his job at a department store, patriarch Masao (Kenji Sawada) has opened a country inn at which the whole family can... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Kenji Sawada, Naomi Nishida, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naoto Takenaka
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02/09/06
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01/24/04
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09/18/03
The Katakuris may not be your typical innkeepers, but the family that sings together and buries dead bodies together, stays together...this is hilarious, macabre, and entertaining.
08/07/03
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07/08/03
It's shot and acted in a way that's hastily, amateurishly theatrical, through digital photography that tries to look beautiful but just plain can't.
07/06/03
...for all the black humor of this deliriously bizarre fantasy Happiness is a warmhearted film about sacrifice, support and four generations of family togetherness in face of mounting corpses.
01/16/03
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12/10/02
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It's freakishly interesting and even outright hilarious at times, but, then again, so are most funerals.
12/08/02
By the second hour, Miike's story fails to punctuate its powerful setup, and the work, much like the family itself, ends up a tangled mess.
12/05/02
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There are so many moments in Happiness of the Katakuris that beg us to walk out on the movie, it's hard to pick just one.
11/27/02
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An amusing scenario, until even Miike seems to lose his taste for the oddly sweet concoction and allows the film to drift aimlessly to a rainbow-hued finale.
10/25/02
It's a ball when it works, which is why fans of Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark, Francois Ozon's 8 Women, and other darkly inspired, genre-bending musical fusions must introduce themselves to the Katakuris.
10/25/02
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Miike is also counting on the fact that even if you've seen his other films, they won't help you one whit.
10/25/02
Hardcore Miike fans may want to catch this uncharacteristically upbeat curiosity; however, everyone will be much happier without the Katakuris.
10/24/02
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