The Pillow Book
Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) | Release Date: June 6, 1997 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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58
Portland OregonianTim Appelo
Greenaway's latest, The Pillow Book, might disappoint purists because it is relatively intelligible. [27 Jun 1997]
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Despite its arresting visual style, its wave after wave of creative and hypnotic images, The Pillow Book, as its name hints, slowly but inexorably leads to sleep. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
The Pillow Book sometimes seems like three different movies, each one an eyeful but together too much of a good thing. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerWalter Addiego
At 126 minutes the movie is excruciatingly long, but it is still too short to pack in all the subtle changes in character he means but fails miserably to convey. Read full review
50
Washington PostDesson Howe
The story, which includes a prolonged display of McGregor’s no-longer private parts, is simplistic and banal rather than exacting and mannered. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Peter Greenaway's unorthodox drama treats the movie screen less as an entertainment device than a postmodern canvas upon which he writes, photographs, and records an intricate multicultural collage. [06 Jun 1997]
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