A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

Toei Company | Release Date: November 10, 2017

tbd	USER SCORE No score yet

USER RATING DISTRIBUTION

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Watch Now

Buy on

Review this movie

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.

Check box if your review contains spoilers

0 characters (5000 max)

User Reviews

User score By date Most helpful

JLuis_001Feb 18, 2023

Exhausting. This film is incredibly exhausting.
Its dramatic charge is a pulsating entity that, along with its three-hour running time, forces you into a downward spiral of gloom and depression.
And I say it's a pulsating entity because theExhausting. This film is incredibly exhausting.
Its dramatic charge is a pulsating entity that, along with its three-hour running time, forces you into a downward spiral of gloom and depression.

And I say it's a pulsating entity because the film constantly evolves despite being completely focused on its main character. What happens in the first hour couldn't be more different from what happens in the last one, and yet they are completely linked tonally and thematically, which, from what I've read and seen, is part of the existential reality of what it's like to live in Japan.

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle is not an experimental film or one that will break your head with a convoluted plot, but it does take its toll emotionally because its entire journey is built precisely for that.

It's not an inviting film for any viewer, but even with certain details, I think it's an experience that any serious cinephile should watch.

***There are two other cuts of this film. One is two hours and the other is four, although apparently the three-hour cut is the director's favorite. Still I'm quite curious and interested to see the other two.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews