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The Pillow Book (1997)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:19

Rotten:6

Average Rating:6.6/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: An arresting Japanese model seeks to indulge her fantasy of having calligraphy inked on her body, a whim based partly on her father's habit of painting poetry on her face when she was a girl and... [More]

Starring: Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ewan McGregor, Ken Ogata

Director: Peter Greenaway

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Dec 15, 1998

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Tomatometer	Critic	Review	Category
N/R	David Stratton	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 26 2009 03:16 AM	Variety
N/R	Derek Adams	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 24 2006 03:26 AM	Time Out
2/5	Cole Smithey	Yawn. Comment \| Mar., 13 2006 04:21 PM	ColeSmithey.com
4/5	Emanuel Levy	No review available. Comment \| Jul., 16 2005 09:50 PM	EmanuelLevy.Com
3/4	Michael Dequina	Never less than mesmerizing, even when you're not exactly sure what exactly Greenaway is trying to say. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 05 2004 02:06 AM	TheMovieReport.com
3/5	Kent Turner	No review available. Comment \| May., 26 2004 09:47 AM	Film-Forward.com
3.5/4	Roger Ebert	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Apr., 09 2004 08:17 AM	Chicago Sun-Times
4/5	Spence D.	No review available. Comment \| Jan., 24 2004 03:19 PM	IGN Movies
4/5	Carol Cling	No review available. Comment \| Nov., 14 2003 11:13 AM	Las Vegas Review-Journal
4/5	Ken Hanke	Both exhilarating and exhausting, The Pillow Book is undeniably bold, sometimes beautiful, filmmaking. Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 21 2003 08:57 AM	Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
7/10	Dragan Antulov	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 24 2003 11:53 AM	rec.arts.movies.reviews
2/4	Jim Shelby	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 20 2003 05:09 PM	Palo Alto Weekly
N/R	Jeff Strickler	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Nov., 06 2002 03:03 PM	Minneapolis Star Tribune
3/5	Philip Martin	No review available. Comment \| Jul., 30 2002 11:04 AM	Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
N/R	Barbara Shulgasser	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 18 2002 08:12 AM	San Francisco Examiner
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 05 2002 08:11 AM	Boxoffice Magazine
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 24 2002 08:10 AM	Boston Phoenix
	Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat	Manages to carry on Peter Greenaway's tradition of cherishing both the erotic and the exotic. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 27 2002 12:14 PM	Spirituality and Practice
N/R	Desson Thomson	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 22 2002 08:10 AM	Washington Post
1.5/4	James Kendrick	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 27 2001 07:22 PM	Q Network Film Desk

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