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Hush! (2001)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:11

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: In this Japanese comedy from director Ryosuke Hashiguchi, a closeted gay man named Katsuhiro (Seiichi Tanabe) meets his match in outgoing Nayoa (Kazuya Takahashi), and the two seemingly opposite... In this Japanese comedy from director Ryosuke Hashiguchi, a closeted gay man named Katsuhiro (Seiichi Tanabe) meets his match in outgoing Nayoa (Kazuya Takahashi), and the two seemingly opposite men fall in love. When the couple are approached by a sad woman (Reiko Kataoka) who wants them to help her have a baby, and their disapproving parents try to break up the relationship, all involved are challenged to redefine the true meaning of family. [More]

Starring: Kazuya Takahashi, Seiichi Tanabe, Reiko Kataoka, Manami Fuji

Starring: Kazuya Takahashi, Seiichi Tanabe, Reiko Kataoka, Manami Fuji

Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi

Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Screenwriter: Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Studio: Strand Releasing

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02/09/06
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07/21/05
Emanuel Levy
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Starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary, humorless soap opera.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
04/25/03
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle

What might've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
04/13/03
Mark Athitakis
Mark Athitakis
Filmcritic.com

Be patient with the lovely Hush! and your reward will be a thoughtful, emotional movie experience.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
02/28/03
Kim Morgan
Kim Morgan
Oregonian

Though it breaks no new ground, it's quietly funny and moving, a welcome change of pace from the norm.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
11/08/02
E! Online
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Although the editing might have been tighter, Hush! sympathetically captures the often futile lifestyle of young people in modern Japan.

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11/08/02
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post

While not quite a comedy, the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer, and is never less than engaging.

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11/07/02
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

If the incidents are piled on one another without adding up to much, they provide telling social details.

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11/07/02
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality, suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U.S. -- a major director is emerging in world cinema.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
11/07/02
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a Japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation.

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11/07/02
Ernest Hardy
Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly

A feel-good movie that doesn't give you enough to feel good about.

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11/06/02
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Hashiguchi ... enriches his rendition with melancholic ambivalence, sociological specificity, and a knack for delicate epiphany.

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11/05/02
Dennis Lim
Dennis Lim
Village Voice

Hashiguchi vividly captures the way young Japanese live now, chafing against their culture's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying, traditional politesse.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
10/26/02
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

Ryosuke has created a wry, winning, if languidly paced, meditation on the meaning and value of family.

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06/26/02
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