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  • 2024
  • Janus Films
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  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 46 m

Summary In the rural alpine hamlet of Mizubiki, not far from Tokyo, Takumi and his daughter, Hana, lead a modest life gathering water, wood, and wild wasabi for the local udon restaurant. Increasingly, the townsfolk become aware of a talent agency’s plan to build an opulent glamping site nearby, offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to ...

Directed By: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Written By: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Eiko Ishibashi

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2024
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 46 m

Evil Does Not Exist

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 39 Critic Reviews
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83
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 20 User Ratings
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Summary In the rural alpine hamlet of Mizubiki, not far from Tokyo, Takumi and his daughter, Hana, lead a modest life gathering water, wood, and wild wasabi for the local udon restaurant. Increasingly, the townsfolk become aware of a talent agency’s plan to build an opulent glamping site nearby, offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to ...

Directed By: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Written By: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Eiko Ishibashi

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 39 Critic Reviews
83
92% Positive
36 Reviews
5% Mixed
2 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 39 Critic Reviews
83
92% Positive
36 Reviews
5% Mixed
2 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review

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100
May 11, 2024
Evil Does Not Exist, the new film from Drive My Car director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, is a slow-burning wonder, an eco-fable of meditative beauty and menace, down-to-earth realism, and mythic resonances.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW
90
May 8, 2024
In its own discreet, modest way, Evil Does Not Exist leaves us with a haunting sense of personal and ecological apocalypse.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
88
May 3, 2024
“Balance is key,” one character says of nature in the film. “Evil Does Not Exist,” though, is boldly uneven.
By Jake Coyle FULL REVIEW
83
Sep 6, 2023
A quiet, funny, confounding mystery.
By Rory O'Connor FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 6, 2023
It may not be wholly successful, but it certainly is bleakly fascinating to witness a master filmmaker paint so subtle and soothing a portrait of humanity, only to finally, bitterly remind us that there is no soothing nature – human or otherwise – when there’s a bullet in its belly.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 15, 2023
For what it is, the film is immaculately directed and staged with the quiet competence of a superlative filmmaker.
By Ankit Jhunjhunwala FULL REVIEW
25
May 11, 2024
For all the beautiful scenery and Thoreau-like contemplation, Evil Does Not Exist stalls, then implodes.
By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 20 User Ratings
7.0
70% Positive
14 Ratings
15% Mixed
3 Ratings
15% Negative
3 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 20 User Ratings
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70% Positive
14 Ratings
15% Mixed
3 Ratings
15% Negative
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Production Company Fictive, NEOPA
Release Date May 3, 2024
Duration 1 h 46 m
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 5 Wins & 6 Nominations
Asian Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations

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