Queer Japan
Altered Innocence | Release Date: December 11, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
Watch Now
Buy on
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Expand

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Original-CinLiam LaceyDec 10, 2020
Queer Japan serves as a series of lively snapshots of a multifaceted and shifting subject and comes up a little short on the issues of day-to-day experience of Japanese gay life. Read full review
80
Film ThreatNorman GidneyDec 16, 2020
A kaleidoscopic look at a marginalized community, Queer Japan is required viewing for anyone in the community as well as their allies. Read full review
75
TheWrapSteve PondDec 14, 2020
The film is deliberately and at times deliriously scattershot, jumping from one subject to another and rarely slowing down to draw connections or make larger points. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 19, 2020
There is nothing, simply nothing, to make you feel that you’ve led a sexually-sheltered life, that your understanding of the modern fluid, on-the-spectrum nature of sexuality is superficial at best, than Queer Japan. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterHarry WindsorDec 16, 2020
A cheerful spirit of open inquiry drives the documentary Queer Japan, in fact, which is tender, impressionistic rather than highly structured, and largely inexplicit — that amusingly candid vox pop notwithstanding. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanDec 16, 2020
I wish that “Queer Japan” had delved more into historical matters of fashion and androgyny, or into the life of someone like Yukio Mishima. It’s a very present-tense movie, but how did the movements on display evolve? Kolbeins would have done well to show us. Instead, he presents a snapshot of a revolution in midair, leaping to find a form for how to remake the future. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayDec 16, 2020
There’s a lot to see and to think about here, all well-curated by a documentarian with a clear passion for his subject. Read full review
More From This Movie

75 Critic Reviews

tbd User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 81 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2 77 Project Hail Mary
3 75 Send Help
4 73 Hoppers
5 72 The Sheep Detectives
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL