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Noriko's Dinner Table
Tidepoint Pictures

Noriko's Dinner Table reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 51 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.5 out of 10
based on 6 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Ken Mitsuishi, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Shirô Namiki, Sanae Miyata, Toru Tezuka, and Usamaru Furuya

Noriko's Dinner Table is Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono's semi-sequel to the 2001 cult hit "Suicide Club," a suspense classic concerning a mass suicide of 54 schoolgirls involved in a disturbing cult. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)


GENRE(S): Drama  |  Foreign  |  Horror  
WRITTEN BY: Sion Sono (also novel)  
DIRECTED BY: Sion Sono  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: June 13, 2007 
RUNNING TIME: 153 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Japan 
LANGUAGE(S): Japanese (with English subitles) 

Original title "Noriko no shokutaku"

What The Critics Said

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75
TV Guide Ken Fox
Neither a prequel nor a sequel. Nor is it really much of a horror movie: It's a bizarre, bloody family drama that puts its predecessor into a larger social context.
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70
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
A tantalizing mystery tale, an acute social commentary on the world of the Internet and cult mentality -- and an outrageous dark comedy. It's not a film for the impatient but rather for those who enjoy challenging, high-risk artistic ventures.
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50
Village Voice Charles Petersen
There's not nearly enough blood to keep fans of "Suicide Club," or the rest of us, happy.
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50
Variety Leslie Felperin
Although told through a cascade of flashes forward and back, the puzzle doesn't quite form a complete picture by the end, which may leave genre fans frustrated but the arthouse crowd intrigued.
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50
The New York Times Matt Zoller Seitz
This 159-minute feature doesn't quite cohere. Mr. Sono's direction is haphazard; he oversells the first half's whimsical touches and the second half's spiral-of-doom emoting. Still, the movie is worth seeing, if only to experience a small story with impossibly grand ambitions.
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40
LA Weekly James C. Taylor
It’s telling that the freshest portions of Noriko’s Dinner Table are the flashbacks to Sono’s previous film.
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