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Japanese Story (2004)
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Reviews Counted:87
Fresh:58
Rotten:29
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: An emotional film where Toni Collette gets to show her impressive range.
Theatrical Release:Dec 31, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $189,209
Synopsis: This romantic drama stars Toni Collette as Sandy, a high-strung Australian geologist assigned to escort Japanese businessman Hirotmitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima) on a tour through the outback. Ostensibly... [More]
Starring: Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Lynette Curran, Yumiko Tanaka
Director: Sue Brooks
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10/18/08
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06/24/06
Despite an uninspiring first half, the film delivers a strong emotional impact in its final reels.**
08/23/04
An underdeveloped film that requires all of [Collette's] ample skills merely to rise to the mediocre.
08/20/04
Top CriticA heartbreaking and complex film about human relationships.
08/20/04
Lots of pictures begin strongly only to lose their focus; this one gains momentum with every sequence -- ambivalent at first, we're firmly hooked by the final frame.
08/20/04
Top CriticTsunashima gives a deft performance in a role that starts out as caricature but becomes full-bodied. Collette commands the screen virtually the entire time.
08/07/04
Top CriticMixing cultural comedy, survival tension, unlikely romance and an extreme about turn, it's a moving and unusual film.
07/16/04
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06/04/04
A raw emotional journey in which character is everything -- although the scenery is spectacular.
06/04/04
It's powerful, but fatally contrived
06/02/04
Japanese Story gives Australian actress Toni Collette a chance to demonstrate the full range of her acting skills in a cross-cultural tale filled with many surprises.
05/28/04
Tender, original and moving.
05/18/04
The film acts as a tale of human strengths and frailty as well as a barometer of cultural diversity.
04/29/04
The conflict ... is all internal, and that's the problematic conceit on which Japanese Story turns.
04/23/04
Starts off promisingly. Eventually, though, it collapses into melodrama.
04/23/04
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04/23/04
Top CriticAn embarrassing bit of housewife Orientalism erotica... that easily could be summarized by Monty Python's "I Like Chinese" song.
04/13/04
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