Love Exposure
Olive Films | Release Date: September 2, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The TelegraphTim RobeyFeb 6, 2017
The movie’s invigorating discourse on sin, lust and love is propelled by a kind of Dionysian glee which keeps it airborne almost constantly. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisSep 1, 2011
This intricately plotted Japanese epic has so many twists and turns - not to mention bizarre characters with even more bizarre backstories - that the time will fly by. As the old cliche goes, you will not have another moviegoing experience quite like this one all year. Read full review
90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 1, 2011
Merging the sacred and the profane, the bloody and the batty, Love Exposure tunnels into serious topics - warped parenting, sexual intolerance and the way religious cults enslave damaged souls - with a hilariously blasphemous shovel. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineAug 31, 2011
Japanese poet and cult filmmaker Shion Sono defines himself as an anti-establishment artist partly out of cynicism and partly thanks to his romantic concept of libertarianism. Read full review
80
Total FilmCarmen GrayFeb 6, 2017
It’s as mad as a box of frogs, but a strain of melancholy romance adds emotional backbone to the gags, gore and kung fu. Read full review
80
EmpirePhil de SemlyenFeb 6, 2017
Complicated and long but deftly handled adventure/caper/satire that ends up being thoroughly entertaining Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenFeb 6, 2017
The film's maximalist storytelling, both expansive and precise, snatching specific emotions from its torrid swirl, is best exemplified by the fact that the title card doesn't appear until an hour in. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonDavid JenkinsFeb 6, 2017
These dysfunctional, hypersensitive Japanese teens and their quest for erotic and spiritual enlightenment make for a swooning, often riotously funny melodrama charged with a refreshingly perverse undertow. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 6, 2017
Deeply strange and politically incorrect, ­baffling, and often funny. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid FearAug 31, 2011
If you see only one Sono film, check out this flick; you will have then seen them all. Read full review
55
NPRMark JenkinsSep 2, 2011
It's a campy rampage that runs a few minutes shy of four hours, dooming what otherwise would likely be a bright future as a midnight movie. Read full review
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