Tokyo Tribe
XYZ Films | Release Date: October 23, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriOct 26, 2015
Beneath the goofy plot, the tacky fashions, the fronting rappers, and the exploding bodies, there’s an undeniable earnestness to Tokyo Tribe. It’s the craziest film you’ll see this year, but it’s also — dear God, am I really saying this? — one of the sweetest. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsOct 23, 2015
Tokyo Tribe, an adaptation of a popular Japanese manga, is bound to charm viewers — both the uninitiated and the diehard fans of director Sion Sono ("Why Don't You Play in Hell," "Love Exposure") — with its boundless energy ... for a while, anyway. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyOct 21, 2015
Sion Sono’s hip-hop musical is a chiefly visual pleasure, in part because most of the cast can’t rap worth a damn; its warped frame bounces between shimmering neons and fluorescents, disco-ball samurai suits, living statues, and all kinds of things that have been painted gold for gold’s sake. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJake ColeOct 19, 2015
Sion Sono's film imagines gangs not as rebels without a cause, but a lost generation of displaced, poisoned youths. Read full review
60
Little White LiesMark AschFeb 14, 2022
Sono has flow to spare, but samples heavily from icky fanboy culture. Read full review
60
The GuardianLeslie FelperinOct 22, 2015
Amusingly tacky and offensive though it is, proceedings grow a bit monotonous, because all the tunes have pretty much the same beat and everything is pitched at the same hysterical, OTT level. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonOct 22, 2015
It’s a wild, at times exhilarating watch – but an exhausting one. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis HarveyOct 22, 2015
The latest from the culty maker of “Suicide Club,” “Love Exposure” and last year’s TIFF Midnight Madness audience-award winner, “Why Don’t You Play in Hell?,” is so insistently over-the-top from the start that the results are just fairly amusing when they ought to be exhilarating. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonOct 22, 2015
Tokyo Tribe is Sono cackling hysterically while smashing a keytar. Sure, there are a few sour notes, but he's made a great blast of noise. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterClarence TsuiOct 22, 2015
Tokyo Tribe is a spectacle more in its form than its content. Read full review
50
The New York TimesMike HaleOct 22, 2015
"The Warriors” and the “Mad Max” films will come to mind as you watch Tokyo Tribe, and from scene to scene Mr. Sono’s visual inventiveness and sure hand with action stand up to the comparison. The cumulative effect, however, is numbing. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 6, 2015
It’s a garish mess, more interesting as a concept and production design exercise than as a movie. But you’ve never seen anything quite like it. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiOct 22, 2015
While the gangsta lyrics and posturing are laden with cliché, there's still some novelty in sustaining a rap narration for nearly two hours. But whenever the music stops, the film can never stay in the game by landing on a figurative chair. Read full review
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