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- 2004
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
- 2004
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
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)
Directed By: Takeshi Kitano
Written By: Takeshi Kitano
- 2004
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
- 2004
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
Dolls
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6.3
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)
Directed By: Takeshi Kitano
Written By: Takeshi Kitano
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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81% Positive
13 Reviews
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19% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
71
81% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
19% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The overall mood is stately and melancholy, the selective use of color is ravishing, and some of the natural views are breathtaking.
The cinematography is stunning, particularly where Matsumoto and Sawoko walk through the four seasons of life.
Dolls is an art film, and a languid, inexplicably haunting one at that.
Lush and poetic, Dolls proves once again that Kitano is one of the world's most original filmmakers.
With some staggeringly beautiful photography of cherry blossoms and scarlet autumn leaves, Dolls is so enthralled with its own cinematography that it can't bear to edit itself, and during the autumn and winter segments of the bound beggars' journey, it almost reaches a standstill.
Whether 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.
Dolls soon becomes overloaded with symbolism, and consequently suffocates the audience.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 User Ratings
6.3
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 User Ratings
6.3
63% Positive
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Production Company
Bandai Visual Company,
Office Kitano,
TV Tokyo,
Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.
Release Date Dec 10, 2004
Duration 1 h 54 m
Awards
Awards of the Japanese Academy
• 4 Nominations
Hochi Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Damascus Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
