Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Le Pacte | Release Date: December 7, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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12
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85
Film ThreatSumner ForbesFeb 6, 2023
This is essential viewing for anyone with a modicum of interest in WWII history. For the odd individuals that don’t have any interest, this is still well worth a watch because of the powerful character study at play. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayDec 16, 2022
“Onoda” is an insightful portrait of fanaticism, illustrating how bad ideas can take root simply because people are naturally resistant to change. Read full review
80
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeOct 6, 2022
The light provides wordless, and conveniently apolitical, explanation for why a person might endure nearly three decades (or in cinematic terms, nearly three hours) without action. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeMay 6, 2022
This is an exciting, surprising treatment of a story many of us have heard only in half-understood whispers. Well worth settling in for. Read full review
83
The PlaylistMark AschApr 24, 2022
Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, which runs two hours and 45 minutes, is an achievement: a moving and multifaceted film about one man’s quixotic attempt at leading a meaningful life. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Xan BrooksApr 18, 2022
Along the way, the director, Arthur Harari, takes the exhausted true tale of the lone Japanese soldier and sculpts it into a captivating tragicomedy, a sharp-eyed study of zealotry and self-delusion, ridiculous and heartbreaking in about equal measure. Read full review
80
Little White LiesDavid JenkinsApr 12, 2022
Harari’s film is a practical, simple and saddening document of everyday madness. Read full review
67
ColliderRafael MotamayorApr 12, 2022
In the end, the movie is about a delusional guy who doesn't realize he's been indoctrinated, but it is also an emotional exploration of loyalty, camaraderie, and stubbornness. Read full review
80
Screen DailyLisa NesselsonApr 12, 2022
This gripping tale of misguided patriotism recreates a vanished set of circumstances via excellent performances and well-tailored cinematic choices. While there are a few meditative lulls in this 165-minute adventure — which opens Un Certain Regard in Cannes — the proceedings are never dull and an accretion of detail leads to a memorably moving denouement. Read full review
85
TheWrapBen CrollApr 12, 2022
Soberly shifting from war thriller to apocalyptic drama to oddly sentimental buddy film, “Onoda” bears the weight of its many filmic forefathers. But as it pulls off such moves with such quiet force, it also represents a different kind of emergence. Read full review
80
VarietyJessica KiangApr 12, 2022
Part John Ford, part Sam Fuller, the film’s old-fashioned approach is oddly impressive: To tell this kind of story in such blunt-edged, straightforward style is a distinctive choice when the temptation to veer into revisionist war-is-hell commentary, Malickian nature-study or Herzogian descent-into-madness bombast must have been strong. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 12, 2022
Here is a really well-made, old-fashioned anti-war epic in a forthright and robustly enjoyable style from director and co-writer Arthur Harari. Read full review
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