Dolls
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Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings
- Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kyôko Fukada, Miho Kanno, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Takeshige
- Summary: Three contemporary stories inspired by the everlasting emotions expressed by the precious dolls of Bunraku theater. Three stories delicately intertwined by the beauty of sadness. Three stories of undying love. (Palm Pictures)
- Director: Takeshi Kitano
- Genre(s): Drama, Romance
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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100The overall mood is stately and melancholy, the selective use of color is ravishing, and some of the natural views are breathtaking.
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80Kitano's gentle side reigns in Dolls, a gorgeous meditation on love and devotion, but the film's hypnotic tone and beautifully formalized color scheme makes it unlike anything he's done to date.
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80The cinematography is stunning, particularly where Matsumoto and Sawoko walk through the four seasons of life.
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60Whether this measured exercise in romantic melancholy moves you to tears or bores you to them is probably a matter of personal susceptibility to the sting of bitter regret for love lost.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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