Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
Amplify | Release Date: March 18, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The TelegraphMike McCahillFeb 19, 2015
Strange as it sounds – and is – Kumiko comprises a lingering display of empathy for its heroine, marching stridently on through her own peculiar headspace. Read full review
60
EmpireDavid ParkinsonFeb 17, 2015
Rinko Kikuchi's superb core performance and some striking photography stand out in the latest feature from the Zellner Brothers. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonFeb 16, 2015
The result is a fascinating – at times illuminating – tightrope act, but rarely an enjoyable one: for all its luminous outsider’s-eye photography and painstaking, perfectly pitched performances, both the film and its shivering heroine prove difficult to warm to. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMar 26, 2015
The film’s steady accumulation of little quirks... soon grow tedious. After a while they’re less delightfully oddball touches with a promise of more to come than dead weight with no payoff. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinMar 23, 2015
Directed by David Zellner from a script he wrote with his brother, Nathan, the film has its tender mercies, as well-meaning Minnesotans attempt to reach out to this preoccupied Japanese woman with almost no English. Read full review
50
Village VoiceNick SchagerMar 17, 2015
A deranged pseudo-feminist fable, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter takes its tedious time getting to its unrewarding destination. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMar 19, 2015
Had anyone recognized the signs and done something about them, the picturesque fable would have gone up in smoke, or snow, and Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter would have become a different picture. I’d prefer that one, though, sight unseen. This one is a closed system about a closed system. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanMar 19, 2015
There’s some cross-cultural deadpan comedy, but unfortunately, the main character is too removed from reality to be truly sympathetic. The specifics of this movie are engaging, but the big picture stays buried. Read full review
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