An Adolescent
Indican Pictures | Release Date: September 30, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
An interesting film, and while it is not entirely successful (and at times most puzzling), it achieves a certain poignancy. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyMark Olsen
Okuda creates that slightly surreal atmosphere of ghost-town emptiness that will be familiar to fans of Takeshi Miike, but he infuses it with a romantic's sense of deep yearning. Read full review
60
Village VoiceDrew Tillman
Although the movie drags, Okuda (who also directed) makes for a gloriously bad lieutenant, while Ozawa is enjoyably discomfiting in her unblushing carnality. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Decidedly uneven yet intriguing. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
The problem is that both as a director and as an actor, Okuda never makes a particularly convincing case either for sex or for deeper commitment as a road away from the abyss. Read full review
50
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
The film, at least 20 minutes too long, has too many competing story lines to succeed as more than an oddball mood piece. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Okuda's debut behind the camera, Shoujyo, is a dirty old man's delight: schoolgirls galore in short skirts or, in Yoko's case, nothing at all. That may be enough for some viewers, but not for those who insist on a story that gives substance to its characters. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Suicide, child molestation, corruption, insanity and the faintest implication of incest are wound around the film's suggestion that the cure for modern-day alienation and anomie lies in embracing traditional Japanese culture, like ritual tattooing. Read full review
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