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02/26/03
Japon (2003)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:20
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: A slow-moving, visually impressive debut.
Theatrical Release:Mar 19, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Assisted by a cane, the unidentified lead (Alejandro Ferretis) of JAPON limps through a desolate canyon in his trademark red flannel jacket searching for deeper meaning. He has arrived at this... [More]
Starring: Alejandro Ferretis, Magdalene Flores, Yolanda Villa, Martin Serrano
Director: Carlos Reygadas
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Reviews for Japon
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03/25/03
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12/30/06
Reygadas has talent to match his ambitions; or, rather, gifts that undercut them sufficiently to give his film a prickly, haunting poignancy.
03/19/03
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02/22/03
The breadth and depth of Japon belies its standing as a directorial debut.
11/13/02
obese in length and overflowing in pretension like so many prototypical art films
07/02/06
It's not a movie to see if you're in a hurry, but its deliberate pace and thoughtful mood are refreshing antidotes to the hyperactive speed of most Hollywood pictures.
03/20/03
An obscure and haunting and unpredictable parable.
07/28/03
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09/26/05
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06/24/06
A notably confident and achieved debut, amazingly shot in 16mm Cinemascope.
03/18/03
Top CriticGutsy, idiosyncratic and not a little perverse.
11/13/02
If you're in synch with its heartbeat, and with Reygadas' tendency to pursue visual detours that intensify the film's sensual impact, this is a remarkable first effort that is equal parts disturbing, bold, mysterious and primal.
11/07/03
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07/08/06
Reygadas grapples with the most elemental of issues ... and the result is sly, touching and more than a little loony.
04/24/03
Should do for Mexican existentialism what Love Liza and Leaving Las Vegas did for good old American gluttony.
03/07/03
Strange and beautifully expressive.
03/19/03
Unlike a lot of young filmmakers, the 31-year-old Reygadas takes his ideas about the world and our place in it as seriously as his filmmaking ambitions.
04/24/03
The one thing that is clear from Japón is that a major new visual stylist has hit the screen and that Reygadas' first film represents the beginning of an auspicious career.
05/18/03
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