The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Green Book
Widows
The Walking Dead
Log in with Facebook
OR
By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.
Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password.
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Critic Consensus: No consensus yet.
All Critics (27) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (12) | DVD (2)
It has been directed by Kei Kumai as a film that seems more melodramatic and sentimental than Kurosawa's norm.
Filled with love and melancholy, it's a fitting, fond epilogue to [Kurosawa].
I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb by saying the Sea that Kurosawa must have envisioned had to be a whole lot more compelling and focused than the one now delivered by veteran director Kei Kumai.
An undistinguished affair.
It is a little like following a Jane Austen novel.
[T]here were times when The Sea is Watching bored me. But Kumai and Kurosawa won me back with the final scenes, which are stark and beautiful, and a fitting finale for one of the world's great filmmakers.
sad and compelling, yet laced with an underlying message of dignity and hope. Perhaps Kumai is no Kurosawa - but I don't know if Kurosawa could have done it much better.
It's not only worth seeing as "Kurosawa's last story," but also simply as a good, solid drama.
While this material isn't necessarily up to the standards of Kurosawa's best work, it does warrant at least a look.
You could literally hang any random frame on the wall and call it art.
Those who delight in small-scale virtues may find their interest held by the meticulous detail that Kumai lavishes on various Japanese rituals -- everything from pouring tea to holding swords. Everyone else, however, need not check in.
[A]delightful and surprisingly feminist film.
Long and boring..
Super Reviewer
There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.
View All