Advanced Search Beta »
Basic Search Fields
Mifune's Last Song
Metascore
57 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24
view
per page
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    100
    A vital, sexy and touching movie that goes to the heart of what human caring is all about.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Marc Caro
    88
    Shares the characters' off-kilter yet human qualities.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    88
    A delightful, fresh dark comedy.
  4. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    88
    With the filmmaking techniques pared to the bone, it is left to the actors to bring the scenes alive - and they do, often brilliantly.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    As loose and restful as pajamas.
  6. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    If the story is immensely satisfying in a traditional way, the style has its own delights.
  7. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    75
    Refreshingly nondogmatic.
  8. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    75
    The liveliest, most original family values film of the year so far.
  9. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Paula Nechak
    75
    An edgy comedy with heart.
  10. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    70
    A mood of anarchic spontaneity and freshness that thrills.
  11. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Robert Horton
    70
    An acerbically comic fable.
  12. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    67
    Curious and effective.
  13. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    63
    Queasy comedy.
  14. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    63
    An unusual walk down the aisle.
  15. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    60
    A pow-in-the-kisser kind of movie.
  16. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    60
    The brusque realism of Kragh-Jacobsen's style -- his careful suppression of style -- allows a surprising sweetness to emerge.
  17. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    53
    Might be structured like a soggy house of cards, but it's shot beautifully and acted expertly.
  18. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    Makes up in solid acting what it lacks in Hollywood-type frills.
  19. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    50
    Both enjoyably lighthearted and proof that even the most stridently purist approach to filmmaking can produce a cliched romantic comedy.
  20. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    50
    Mifune's radical stylings belie its clichéd core.
  21. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    50
    There are satisfying moments throughout the movie.
  22. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    40
    Cliched narrative, which isn't funny as often as seems intended.
  23. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    20
    Grows increasingly slack and silly.
  24. Slate
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    20
    Material so utterly conventional that you can predict every plot turn after the first half-hour.
prev next
Page:
  • 1