Though it falters as a narrative, Tony Takitani sticks in the mind with its poetic contemplativeness.
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11/04/05
Tony Takitani (2005)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:46
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Despite its deceptive wispiness, this delicately lovely and melancholy film about loneliness has a haunting power.
Theatrical Release:21-04-2006
Synopsis: TONY TAKITANI is an eloquent, deftly told tale based on a short story published in The New Yorker, written by Japanese bestselling author Haruki Murakami (NORWEGIAN WOOD, KAFKA ON THE SHORE). Issey... [More]
Starring: Issey Ogata, Miyazawa Rie, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shinohara Takahumi
Director: Jun Ichikawa
Reviews for Tony Takitani
The pacing is reserved to the point of being funereal, and the Ryuishi Sakamoto score is likely to lull you to sleep.
11/04/05
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10/29/05
Top CriticIt creates a mood that sweeps over you, that kind of movie works better on the big screen. On the small screen, it doesn't have the oomph to demand your attention.
10/28/05
Heedlessly drawn to Eiko ... Tony takes a step onto spiritually hollow ground and falls through.... That's what this kind of ironic protagonist does, from Adam on down....
10/25/05
Like a cultivated orchid, the delicate product of careful attention and an appreciation for fleeting beauty.
10/21/05
... like an impressionistic documentary of a man resigned to his loneliness.
10/20/05
This is the sort of film you're pretty sure you won't like, but see anyway out of vague curiosity and emerge from its spell somehow changed.
10/20/05
Impressively reduces Murakami's hard-boiled word world to a floating-picture world. But like Lish's edits of Ray Carver, it mutes a story that was nearly mute to begin with.
10/17/05
The film gestures toward our understanding of deep matters -- grief, solitude, and the process by which people build and express their very selves -- and it does so with a commendably steady, gentle hand.
10/15/05
It's a marvelously moody meditation, beautiful to look at and beautiful to ponder as the camera slowly pans from one scene to the next, framing life as still life.
10/13/05
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10/01/05
Top CriticIt's a film for specialized tastes, quiet, delicate. But it suits those tastes beautifully.
09/29/05
It's a graceful, odd experiment... I'm still not sure if it works, but I'm glad it exists.
09/29/05
Tony Takitani, fablelike and beautiful, requires a certain amount of patience, but its small, peculiar charms work their way into your soul.
09/08/05
Whether you view it as a metaphor for a country or a singular study of the human condition, Tony Takitani explores the borders between solitude and loneliness, hunger and consumption, memory and loss.
09/02/05
The characters and narrative are so lightly sketched, the film's gravity sneaks up on the viewer through the gradual force of its form and rhythm.
08/31/05
Tony Takitani is an exquisite film, as elegant and precise as an impeccably cut diamond.
08/25/05
Top CriticA gentle breeze of absurdism floats through this lyrically understated story. Its sadness is little short of magical.
08/25/05
This gossamer work is one of the loveliest examples of minimalist cinema I’ve seen in a long time.
08/25/05
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