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Megane (2008)

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
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Among the most memorable things about Megane are an empty white beach, a luminous turquoise sea, and a verdant country road. Descending on this paradise, Taeko, a buttoned-up, bespectacled woman dragging a very large suitcase, checks into a tiny seaside inn. Expecting to be left alone, she's put off when the hotel's proprietor, Yuji, sits down to eat with her. She's even more disgruntled when Sakura, a placid, revered older woman, takes the liberty of entering Taeko's room to wake her up! But

Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Critic Reviews for Megane

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Vaguely magical, insistently modern fable that could become an arthouse hit, even a cult fave.

January 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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John Anderson

Variety

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Just because a predictable narrative comes laden with pretty pictures and Zen quirk, that doesn't make its platitudinous ideology any less grating.

March 11, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out New York

A thoroughly enchanting drama about an up-tight and driven woman who is softened and opened up by the slow and sensuous rhythms of island time and living in the present moment.

March 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

Megane is the type of cutesy-quaint foreign import that's just about insufferable.

March 17, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Nick Schager

Slant Magazine

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Zen Buddhism and Taoism are interesting in that they tend to reject allegory in favor of realistic and honest examination of normal, rhythmic, repetitive life. Megane is unique in its exposition of Zen principles, often reading like a sort of cinematographic koan. The criticisms of this film I have read so far seem

March 23, 2011

Cameron Hilton

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