Devils on the Doorstep
Cowboy Pictures | Release Date: December 18, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Though shorn of 20 minutes for its U.S. debut, the film's wry comic portrait of the Japanese Occupation during WWII hasn't lost any of its incendiary brilliance, both as a political provocation and as a brusquely humane take on the horrors and absurdity of war. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Jiang draws a great deal of humor from the situation, but the film inevitably explodes in terrible violence. Read full review
80
The New York TimesStephen Holden
In its dry and forceful way, it delivers the same message as Jiri Menzel's "Closely Watched Trains" and Danis Tanovic's "No Man's Land." While acknowledging that war is hell, it goes further to suggest it is ludicrous. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
A wild ride that effortlessly combines devilish dark humor, slapstick comedy, extreme violence and bitter satire. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Jiang's razor-sharp conclusions are less about the Japanese army or the Chinese government than about simple human nature. Read full review
50
VarietyDerek Elley
Has all the classic faults of a picture not only directed by an actor but by an actor who is his own producer. Read full review
50
Village VoiceDennis Lim
By the final shot, which assumes the viewpoint of a decapitated head, its appalled comedy has swelled, beyond outrage, to a pitch of punch-drunk hysteria. Read full review
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