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Before We Vanish finds Kiyoshi Kurosawa working within well-established genre guidelines to take a poignant, surprisingly sincere look at the human condition.
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As an experiment in blending the minute character observations of Kurosawa's dramas into a pure genre plot, Before We Vanish does succeed. February 16, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
As an experiment in blending the minute character observations of Kurosawa's dramas into a pure genre plot, Before We Vanish does succeed.
Kate Taylor
It's a quirky hybrid of a film that mostly works, thanks to some fine performances and by a script to goes in unexpected directions. February 15, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
It's a quirky hybrid of a film that mostly works, thanks to some fine performances and by a script to goes in unexpected directions.
Bruce DeMara
An unsettling, and sometimes high-concept doodle, but it's awfully hard to resist a film that marries Atomic Age paranoia and optimism with Kurosawa's signature post-modern, atmosphere-intensive style. February 2, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
An unsettling, and sometimes high-concept doodle, but it's awfully hard to resist a film that marries Atomic Age paranoia and optimism with Kurosawa's signature post-modern, atmosphere-intensive style.
Simon Abrams
Although a tighter cut of the 130-minute Before We Vanish would likely be an improvement, it might lose this version's intriguing asides. February 1, 2018 | Full Review…
Although a tighter cut of the 130-minute Before We Vanish would likely be an improvement, it might lose this version's intriguing asides.
Mark Jenkins
The movie plods and meanders through an overly-familiar narrative on its way to a half-baked and uneven conclusion. February 1, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The movie plods and meanders through an overly-familiar narrative on its way to a half-baked and uneven conclusion.
James Berardinelli
Beneath its cheeky, scattershot surface is a surprisingly earnest core, as well as a sincere inquiry into what exactly humanity stands to lose in the face of its looming extinction. February 1, 2018 | Full Review…
Beneath its cheeky, scattershot surface is a surprisingly earnest core, as well as a sincere inquiry into what exactly humanity stands to lose in the face of its looming extinction.
Justin Chang
Before We Vanish doesn't take a pro-alien or human stance (both sides deserve to lose at any point in time), but stands by karma as the ultimate universal law. February 10, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Before We Vanish doesn't take a pro-alien or human stance (both sides deserve to lose at any point in time), but stands by karma as the ultimate universal law.
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
While the plot used here is as cringe-worthingly cheesy as most alien invasions tend to be, many viewers will find plenty of worth in the emotions on display. As the aliens keep saying in the film: "This is interesting. I'll take it!" September 23, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
While the plot used here is as cringe-worthingly cheesy as most alien invasions tend to be, many viewers will find plenty of worth in the emotions on display. As the aliens keep saying in the film: "This is interesting. I'll take it!"
Ard Vijn
Genre has always been his strong suit and Before We Vanish is entertaining and accomplished enough to show why Kurosawa remains one of Japan's foremost auteurs working today. June 5, 2019 | Full Review…
Genre has always been his strong suit and Before We Vanish is entertaining and accomplished enough to show why Kurosawa remains one of Japan's foremost auteurs working today.
C.J. Prince
A lively and unnerving but silly cerebral sci-fi alien invasion film to ponder in its strangeness. February 15, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
A lively and unnerving but silly cerebral sci-fi alien invasion film to ponder in its strangeness.
Dennis Schwartz
The characters are flawed, thorny and affable, while sun-kissed settings and a John Williams-style score, by Yusuke Hayashi, alleviate the gloomy mood and doomsday notions. February 11, 2019 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
The characters are flawed, thorny and affable, while sun-kissed settings and a John Williams-style score, by Yusuke Hayashi, alleviate the gloomy mood and doomsday notions.
Daniel Goodwin
By the time the credits rolled, I felt that I'd seen something I wouldn't soon forget. February 9, 2019 | Full Review…
By the time the credits rolled, I felt that I'd seen something I wouldn't soon forget.
Josh Martin
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