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(1 - 12) of 12 OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh Page   1   2/5 "Too long by a solid 30 minutes and riddled with clichés of every creed and color"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin A ""Departures" is a brilliantly written and performed story that transcends its themes of ritualized catharsis to bring the audience to a fresh understanding of man's need to make peace with the deceased."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey B+ "A fine film that's gently funny and moving and not the least bit challenging or controversial."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B- "Occasionally goes saccharine, [but] mostly succeeds in telling an unusual story in an engaging way."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 5/5 "An exquisite cinematic masterpiece that is both funny and sad and all the emotions in between; it touches the heart with its treatment of beauty, music, death, and abandonment."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 39/100 "Such modestly crafted moral tales sometimes manage win the audience over, but here the tone wavers too much for sincerity to be felt."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 2/5 "Kalogyrismeno kai tairiasta fotografimeno, alla thanatifora stoiheiodes kai (thelo na pisteyo) kseperasmeno thematika"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 3/5 "Count on the first tear to fall by the 55-minute mark."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner C- "...the senior supporting players in the film are affecting and the film's underlying sentiment is honorable, but lead actor Masahiro Motoki shamefacedly mugs through this cloying and cliched film which director Takita lets drag on interminably."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford C "I found myself watching the clock and begging for this bloated opus to end."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 6/10 "...feels like two films, one which is a perceptive and naturalistic study of modern life in Japan, and one which is an animated Hallmark card of montages and soaring strings..."   Playback:stl   Sarah Boslaugh "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 12) of 12 OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh Page   1