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10/18/08
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Kamikaze Girls (2005)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:18
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Based on the hit Japanese novel SHIMOTSUMA STORY by Novala Takemoto, KAMIKAZE GIRLS is a charming, unique, and very funny film. Pop star Kyoko Fukada stars as Momoko, a 17-year-old girl so obsessed... [More]
Starring: Kyoko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Ryoko Shinohara
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
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Reviews for Kamikaze Girls
An inventive bittersweet celebration of Japanese youth culture.
06/06/08
Older audiences may be required to get back in touch with their adolescent appetites for garish decor.
06/05/08
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06/05/08
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06/05/08
...this pop-culture bouillabaisse...is so wacky and fast-paced that it's hard to reconstruct much of it 24 hours later. While it's going down, however, it's always diverting and occasionally hilarious.
12/15/05
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12/06/05
Kamikaze Girls, while being a silly, freewheeling, candy-colored lollapalooza, is also a heartfelt tale of friendship.
10/28/05
Top CriticAt least you can see why Momoko is discontent. She's a fun, interesting character who lacks enough to do.
10/27/05
Nakashima never allows the story to set foot in any kind of reality, and keeps the comic book panels flashing by.
10/27/05
Kamikaze Girls has a glazed, comic-book look and absurd tone that is initially enjoyable but proves wearing.
10/14/05
The perfect cup of bubble tea for those struggling with philosophical issues such as 'What is happiness? Making clothes or wearing them?'
10/13/05
Nakashima vividly captures the zeitgeist of today's Japanese youth culture, obsessed with fashion, pachinko games and speedy pop culture.
10/06/05
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10/01/05
What the film does say, with infectious exuberance, is that in a world in which shopping trumps all, it's so much nicer to go with a friend.
09/16/05
Wildly imaginative, visually manic.
09/16/05
As exciting for its beautifully specific and honest portrayal of teenage girls and their friendships as it is for its dazzling visual and narrative style.
09/15/05
Top CriticFor this viewer, the climactic scooter-gang rumble, heavy on plot twists and empowerment speeches, felt eternal, but for many, the happy silliness of the film’s first half should carry the day.
09/15/05
Cartoony slapstick, disgusting scenes involving flatulence and vomit, and too many characters who communicate everything at a shrill yell.
09/09/05
This droll Japanese import puts the predictable banality of most Hollywood teen flicks to shame.
09/09/05
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