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Memoirs of a Geisha
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Metascore
54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 38 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 124 Ratings

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  • Summary: Set in a mysterious and exotic world which still casts a potent spell today, the story begins in the years before World War II, when a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family to work as a servant in a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms into the legendary geisha Saguri. Beautiful and accomplished, Saguri captivates the most powerful men of her day, but is haunted by her secret love for the one man beyond her reach. (Sony Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 38
  3. Negative: 3 out of 38
  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    83
    The story is so compelling and the movie is such a pleasure to the eyes and ears.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Angie Errigo
    60
    A beautiful, exotic and well-acted cultural hybrid, but it's never as moving as it ought to be.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    30
    Swaddled in the posh vulgarity that passes for awards-season elegance, Memoirs is deluxe orientalist kitsch, a would-be cross between "Showgirls" and "Raise the Red Lantern," too dumb to cause offense though falling short of the oblivious abandon that could have vaulted it into high camp.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 84
  3. Negative: 19 out of 84
  1. Dude
    10
    GREAT MOVIE! I love it. Obviously, Japanese actresses aren't "ALL" that. And the history of geisha in Japan isn't all that glamorous anyways, so does it matter if the movie use Japanese actresses? Asians are asians. So for a movie on Eiffel Towel that's to be played in English, do all the actors/actresses need to be French? It doesn't matter, as long as they look Caucasian. Same for this Memoir of Geisha movie, as long as the actresses/actors are Asian, that's all that mattered.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. mumbo
    5
    ziyi zhang is a mediocre actress at best and is not respected at all in china, unlike gong li who is. Ziyi zhang is only famous for her looks (which arent that fantastic either)… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. TyroneMovieman
    3
    The film is well acted, over-dramatic, and is a visual masterpiece. But the Hollywood soap opera based on a Japanese story overrun with a badly spoken English screenplay using Chinese actors is unavoidably silly. The film disserves to be honored for its superb visual costumes, make-up and design, but unfortunately that is it.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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