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Tekon Kinkur�to (Tekkonkinkreet) (2006)

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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 18
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A pair of feisty young street urchins attempts to protect an unnamed metropolis from a diabolical villain whose plans to raze the urban landscape on the behalf of malevolent real-estate developers threatens to destroy the very soul of the city. Street-smart youngsters Black and White do their best to defend their territory from rival gangs as local yakuza leader Suzuki, fearing that the town has lost its zeal, plots a triumphant return to form. A lifelong criminal with a serious zodiac fixation,

R, 1 hr. 51 min.

Action & Adventure, Anime & Manga, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Michael Arias

Written By: Anthony Weintraub

In Theaters: Sep 1, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Sep 25, 2007

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Critic Reviews for Tekon Kinkur�to (Tekkonkinkreet)

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In the anime Tekkonkinkreet, two orphans of life's storms sail through the air like birds, like superheroes, like Jackie Chan.

July 13, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

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Somewhat resembles Paprika, another recent piece of Japanimation. But director Michael Arias, a Tokyo-based American, doesn't fuse his striking graphics to a story anywhere near as satisfying.

July 13, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Top Critic

The dazzlingly intricate backgrounds are a marvel, and though the jam-packed story occasionally trips over its own sentimentality, it quickly rights itself every time.

July 13, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Daily News

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

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Tekkonkinkreet, for all its architecturally grimy virtuosity and flourishes of anime cool, remains the story of a damaged city that can still point to one mighty example of brotherly love.

July 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

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Far less cartoonish than, say Pirates of the Caribbean 3. And its characters are the most poignant, and convincingly human, of the summer.

July 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Newsday

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John Anderson

Newsday

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By the end of this phantasmagorical journey, I was as wrapped up in the precarious fate of these two wounded kids and the honorable yakuza warlords of Treasure Town as I've been in any film all year.

July 11, 2007 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

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Tekkon Kinkreet: Black and White is an enthralling anime and easily the best-animated film you will see this year.

November 8, 2007 Comment (1)

Beth Accomando

KPBS.org

For grown-ups who can let the story wash over them without asking too many questions, it's a treat.

July 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Oregonian

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Marc Mohan

Oregonian

Tekk it or leave eet.

July 23, 2007 Full Review Source: IGN Movies

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Scott Collura

IGN Movies

Anime enthusiasts will want to take a look, but the film is too uneven to serve as a good introduction to the form.

July 13, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Since the movie more or less abandons all pretense of naturalism somewhere around its midpoint, in the end the expressionistic frenzy of light, movement, and color that takes over is enough to make it worth seeing.

July 13, 2007 Comment

Jim Hemphill

Reel.com

Borrowing in equal measures from innocuous child fantasies and Street Fighter, the colorfully imaginative world of Tekkonkinkreet has its fair share of marvels.

July 13, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Press

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Eric Kohn

New York Press

Wins you over with its sense of style and attention to detail ... a fine display of what can be done in hand-drawn and painted animation.

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net

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Edward Douglas

ComingSoon.net

A mournful poem about childhood and adulthood.

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Jeremy Knox

Film Threat

The movie is a collection of disparate anime parts that never really comes together.

July 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Paul Schrodt

Slant Magazine

If it doesn't quite achieve seamless plotting and colorful dialogue, it makes up for it by merging highly stylized animation with live action aesthetics in remarkably immersive ways.

May 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Filmjourney

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Doug Cummings

Filmjourney Source: Filmjourney

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This is the sort of movie that I would normally love, but the story is not there. The animation, is of course, fantastic, beautiful, and original. I may be unfair to this movie though, as I couldn't get past 70 minutes in. The plot was just plain blah and I didn't have that instant interest in Black and White, whereas

July 15, 2010

_kelly .King

Super Reviewer

I rewatched this movie again, I just can't believe how good it is. Not only is it visually stunning, it is fast, dynamic and has depth. The connection between the two brothers (who are strays, and orphans) is touching and powerful.I already said too much, just see it.

November 10, 2007

Saskia D.

Super Reviewer

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