Jellyfish Eyes

Name: Jellyfish Eyes
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Released: July 15, 2015
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 34

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Janus Films | Release Date: July 15, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Having moved to the country with his mother following the death of his father, young Masashi (Takuto Sueoka) immediately makes a most unlikely friend: a flying, jellyfish-like sprite that he nicknames Kurage-bo. Taking Kurage-bo under his wing and into the classroom, Masashi soon discovers that his schoolmates have similar friends and thatHaving moved to the country with his mother following the death of his father, young Masashi (Takuto Sueoka) immediately makes a most unlikely friend: a flying, jellyfish-like sprite that he nicknames Kurage-bo. Taking Kurage-bo under his wing and into the classroom, Masashi soon discovers that his schoolmates have similar friends and that they, their creators and the town itself are not all they seem to be. [Janus Films]… Expand

Director: Takashi Murakami

Genre(s): Fantasy, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 101 min

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Chuck Bowen

Jul 14, 2015

Takashi Murakami has invested the film with the same sort of primal pop-art aesthetic that distinguishes much of his art. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Jul 13, 2015

By second-guessing what audiences want, Murakami falls into the same trap studios do when trying to appease mass tastes, delivering a film that features many of his familiar designs and characters but precious little in the way of personal vision. Read full review

John DeFore

Jul 13, 2015

Art fans might reasonably expect one of the world's most successful painters to display a distinctive or at least appealing visual sense here, but they will be disappointed by Yasutaka Nagano's pedestrian photography; the film fares even worse in terms of storytelling and pacing. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Jul 14, 2015

Jellyfish Eyes may be blessedly unpretentious, but it's also immediately unmoving and relentlessly boring. Read full review

Roberta Smith

Jul 14, 2015

It is poorly shot and afflicted by tedious sound (lots of screaming and saccharine music) and inept special effects. It moves with either incomprehensible abruptness or tedious slowness, especially at supposedly suspenseful moments. Read full review

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