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Visitor Q (Bijitâ Q) (2001)

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Takashi Miike spins this black comedy about the most dysfunctional family on the planet. The film opens with a father (Kenichi Endo) -- a gung-ho TV reporter -- not only paying to have sex with his estranged prostitute daughter in an anonymous hotel room but also videotaping the act as part of a documentary about "young people today." His son, who is brutalized on a daily basis by schoolyard bullies, beats, whips, and terrorizes his mother (Shungiku Uchida), who is covered with welts and

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Horror, Art House & International, Comedy

Itaru Era

Nov 26, 2002

Gold View Company

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If Herschell Gordon Lewis had adapted Eugene O'Neill, the result still wouldn't out-thicken the muck of Miike's anti-achievement.

June 25, 2002 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comments (2)
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It follows along the lines of Pasolini's more cerebral "Teorema" of the seduction of a dysfunctional family by a mysterious stranger.

June 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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The scandalous pinnacle of [Miike's] extreme cinema canon.

May 13, 2005 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | Comment
Lessons of Darkness

1/3 dark (really dark) comedy, 1/3 fetish pornography, and 1/3 just plain "Ewwwww!"

August 7, 2004 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
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beneath all Miike's over-the-top absurdities lurk real feelings (inadequacy, alienation, repressed sexuality) that simmer away in most 'normal' families.

June 11, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Visitor Q (Bijitâ Q)

It's hard to plainly say I "like" Visitor Q because its subject matter is so disturbing, but viewing it in the long, rich tradition of experimental films coupled with a dash of art-house form, Visitor Q does have its merits. Films of this ilk don't merely exist to shock and appal the viewer (although that's certainly

December 13, 2011
JonathanHutchings
Jonathan Hutchings

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Typical family dysfunction taken to the nth degree. The fact that it is shot with video makes it all the more disturbing and gives a sense of realism to the truly bizarre. It is one of the only times I felt like I was being a voyeur. Hell, it could be the future of reality television. It is incredibly shocking and that

December 8, 2011
axadntpron
Reid Volk

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