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100Moody, atmospheric, and bewitching, like other first-rate examples of modern Thai cinema.
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A hell of a movie.
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100Equally charming and addicting all the way through.
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83It becomes a dreamy study in stillness broken by suicide fantasies, flashbacks, and the hired killers, but even the violence has a meditative even melancholy quality to it, as if it's all been processed through the eyes of its Zen hero.
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80A brilliantly atmospheric, sweetly nutty film.
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80The stars and Doyle's expressive cinematography add up to a disarmingly seductive yet always precarious film experience.
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80It recovers from an opening that's a little oblique to grow progressively more seductive as the two lost central characters become entwined.
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75The mildly surreal drama doesn't always make sense, but it sure does look great.
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75Enthralling performances are given by Tadanobu Asano (Miike's "Ichi the Killer") as Kenji and first-timer Sinitta Boonyasak as the pot-smoking Noi.
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75There is no plot in Pen-ek Ratanaruang's exceedingly mellow situation comedy, and that's preferred, frankly.
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70Ratanaruang's simple willingness to tie different strands of melancholy melodramas and violent yakuza thrillers together with flashes of surreal mystery immediately sets him apart from the herd.
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70Much of the pleasure of the movie is the way its mood lingers with you afterward.
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70May seem frustratingly elusive at times, but it's a rewarding film that's beautiful to look at.
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60Cheeky and elusive, Last Life in the Universe inhabits a high-lonesome world unto itself, a bright daydream that dissipates in the aching gap of a missed connection.
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50It's hard to know what's really happening in the movie versus what's merely running through the characters' heads, and the poignant final shot muddies the picture even more, raising the question of just when (or if) the story jumps from real to imaginary.