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- 1998
- R
- Milestone
- 1 h 43 m
- 1998
- R
- Milestone
- 1 h 43 m
- 1998
- R
- Milestone
- 1 h 43 m
- 1998
- R
- Milestone
- 1 h 43 m
Fireworks
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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94% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
83
94% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Hana-Bi is a film by an artist too creative -- and too talented -- to set limits for himself. He is a rarity among filmmakers nowadays: A genuine original. [17 Apr 1998]
It’s a weird experience that Kitano is offering to movie audiences: We thrill to the violent, heroic exploits that leave many a pierced eyeball, many a severed limb, many a bullet-riddled corpse, but we find uplift in his celebration of community, music, dance, light, color, and companionship.
Fireworks is bracing and original, an indefinable film made from familiar elements. "Hana-Bi," its title in Japanese, is a combination of the words for "flower" and "fire," and filmmaker Takeshi Kitano has, in the same way, adroitly fused genres, creating a film in which almost every moment pops out in unexpected ways. [20 Mar 1998, p.F4]
A work at once detached and thrillingly intense, an experience where intellectualizing turns to a raw emotion so overwhelming, unexpected in its power, that you sit in your seat as the end credits roll, unable to move.
Although it doesn't always live up to its ambitions, the film provides an offbeat portrait of universally relevant human issues. [27 Mar 1998, p.B2]
The new Japanese film Fireworks is like a Charles Bronson "Death Wish" movie so drained of story, cliche, convention and plot that nothing is left, except pure form and impulse. Not a frame, not a word, is excess.
It's a film with impressive elements, though taken as a whole it's pop entertainment that doesn't fully deliver on the entertainment end.
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Awards
Awards of the Japanese Academy
• 1 Win & 11 Nominations
Blue Ribbon Awards
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Asian Film Critics Association Awards
• 4 Nominations