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06/24/06
Japanese Story (2004)
67 %
Reviews Counted: 87 Fresh: 58 Rotten:29 Average Rating: 6.4/10
Consensus:
An emotional film where Toni Collette gets to show her impressive range.
Rated: 15
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Theatrical Release: 04-06-2004
Synopsis: This romantic drama stars Toni Collette as Sandy, a high-strung Australian geologist assigned to escort Japanese businessman Hirotmitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima) on a tour through the outback. Ostensibly he's there to visit the various mines his company co-owns, but his real motives are... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Lynette Curran, Yumiko Tanaka, Matthew Dyktynski
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Top Critic
A raw emotional journey in which character is everything -- although the scenery is spectacular.
06/04/04
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Collette is simply jaw-dropping, with another raw and fearless performance.
09/30/03
Despite an uninspiring first half, the film delivers a strong emotional impact in its final reels.**
08/23/04
An underdeveloped film that requires all of [Collette's] ample skills merely to rise to the mediocre.
08/20/04
Lots of pictures begin strongly only to lose their focus; this one gains momentum with every sequence -- ambivalent at first, we're firmly hooked by the final frame.
08/20/04
Tsunashima gives a deft performance in a role that starts out as caricature but becomes full-bodied. Collette commands the screen virtually the entire time.
08/07/04
Mixing cultural comedy, survival tension, unlikely romance and an extreme about turn, it's a moving and unusual film.
07/16/04
Japanese Story gives Australian actress Toni Collette a chance to demonstrate the full range of her acting skills in a cross-cultural tale filled with many surprises.
05/28/04
The film acts as a tale of human strengths and frailty as well as a barometer of cultural diversity.
04/29/04
The conflict ... is all internal, and that's the problematic conceit on which Japanese Story turns.
04/23/04
Starts off promisingly. Eventually, though, it collapses into melodrama.
04/23/04
An embarrassing bit of housewife Orientalism erotica... that easily could be summarized by Monty Python's "I Like Chinese" song.
04/13/04
Fails to engage us in the lives of its characters because it never really introduces them.
04/09/04
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