Cure
Cowboy Booking International | Release Date: July 27, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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83
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Takes the typical detective-hunting-a-serial-killer story and twists it into a creepy, enigmatic bit of psychological terror that by its final ambiguous scene leaves you truly chilled. Read full review
80
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Cure has a generic resemblance to "Seven," but it's far more oblique, and that much more troubling. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
With its gift for infusing uneasiness into every frame, Kurosawa's moody, unnerving film continues to spook us even after the lights have gone on. Read full review
80
SlateDavid Edelstein
Transcends its murkiness and eats into the mind. Cure is what ails you. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
What is most impressive about Kurosawa's direction is how he uses the entire frame, complete with expository background action, to fill in the story blanks. His eagerness to suggest, rather than declare, marks him as a director with confidence to spare. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Contains quite a few grisly and ghastly images. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The result is somewhat confounding, but utterly spellbinding. Read full review
70
New Times (L.A.)Andy Klein
The movie is not always satisfying as a standard thriller, nor is it always clear; but it's never dull, either, and it displays a sensibility so weird as to be its own recommendation. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The final scene is a piece of cunning visual wit that makes you realize how artful and sneaky Cure, has been beneath its clinical, deadpan surface. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Clearly, this film is less than a suspense masterpiece. Its violence is often gratuitous. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Kurosawa may be considered the genius, but his movie would go nowhere without its extraordinary leading man. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
Less outright terrifying than under-the-skin shivery, this psychological thriller from sui generis Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa breaks nearly all the rules -- including those of narrative logic. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
It's more psychological than a genre movie, and that is the source of both its greatest interest and its biggest problem. Read full review
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