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69 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 39 Ratings

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  • Starring: Eihi Shiina, Ryo Ishibashi
  • Summary: When a Japanese widower holds an audition to search for a potential mate, he finds more than he expected in this eerie thriller.
  • Director: Takashi Miike
  • Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Romance
  • Rating: Unrated
  • Runtime: 115 min
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. Slate
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    90
    During the ghastly, surreal climax, I had fun closing one eye and with the other watching various ashen older men stumble toward the exit.
  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    60
    Though I hate to ruin the complex experience of following a rather calm story about a lonely widower as it becomes something else, I feel obliged to point out that the hard-core gore and soft-core surrealism of this baroque morality play may not support any theme.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    Possibly the sourest revenge movie ever, Audition starts off as a sweet, low-key romance, then abruptly turns into a grisly, sadistic thriller.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. robz.
    10
    It's been a few months now, and the images of the movie are still vivid in my mind. It is disturbing, and shocking. But yet, that's what I look for in a horror movie. From the moment that phone rings in her apartment with the shock scene, the action never lets up.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. nicka
    10
    Horrible, unnerving, grisly, haunting, this film works because it doesn't do what you think it will, some of the scenes are quite gut wrenching and difficult to watch but regardless this is another superb effort from Miike.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. TC
    3
    Not scary. Not disgusting. Boring.
    • 0 of 2 users said yes

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