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(1 - 35) of 35 OFCS Rating: 83% Fresh Page   1   "A rambunctiously entertaining, eccentric combination of superfast swordplay, knockabout humour and stylish surrealism."   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel 3.5/5 "Seen now, sans all the hype and hoopla)...we can gauge Kitano's production for what it truly is - a compelling and quite complex bit of fractured folklore."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron 4/5 "There's something impressive about a film that manages to acknowledge the intrinsic lunacy of its concept without yet depriving the story of any of its power or immediacy."   Film Threat   Chris Barsanti "Kitano has come up with one of the most flat-out imaginative films to arrive in American theaters this summer."   Philadelphia City Paper   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "Part Three Stooges, part 'Seven Samurai, Zatôichi is the film Quentin Tarantino tried to realize with the one-two sucker punch of Kill Bill."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 2/4 "...Kitano concludes the film in such a way that one almost forgets the tedium that came before it (almost, but not quite)."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B- "A rich display of fantasy swordsplay at its goriest, slickest and most demanding."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3.5/4 "Kitano contemplates a strange, seductive relationship between the space inside Zatoichi’s head and the sounds of the world outside."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 3/5 "Parecería que Kitano se está divirtiendo, más que nada."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B+ "Its style is zesty and surprising, and that more than compensates for any ordinariness in its storyline."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1/4 "Everything a samurai movie shouldn’t be: boring, long, and trying to upstage Michael Flatley"   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B "In this case Kitano's characteristically idiosyncratic approach to genre material pays rich dividends."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek D+ "Zatoichi finds a legacy diminished by his new, updated masters. "   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 8/10 "Zatoichi is a bloody film that also manages to be beautiful and funny."   DVDTown.com   James Plath 4/5 "Takeshi Kitano offers his take on a pop-culture standard and demonstrates his immense talent with blood, brains and soul."   Netflix   James Rocchi 4/5 "Zatoichi triumphs where few movies dare to tread"   Los Angeles Alternative   Jay Antani 3.5/4 "A delirious pulp musical cum waste-laying siege that knows no parallel."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 7/10 "I'd call Zatoichi stylish to the point of distraction, except I'm not sure what I was being distracted from."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 3/5 "With sword fights galore and geysers of blood, Zatoichi is sake-flavored popcorn."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner B "Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano has updated the character in a crowd pleasing mishmash of ultra violence, revenge, comedy and "Stomp-like" musical interludes"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/5 "A quirky take on the popular character Zatoichi."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2.5/4 "A vaudeville of entertainment, of which revenge and swordsmanship are only two of the acts"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes B "Takeshi Kitano, both as director and actor in the character of Ichi, seems to be blending more modern influences with the older themes."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 4/5 "Action-adventure, comedy, and musical – any way you slice it, Takeshi Kitano’s Zatôichi rocks."   Filmcritic.com   Nick Schager 4/5 "É uma pena que esta tenha sido, provavelmente, a única incursão de Kitano pelo universo de Zatoichi. Seria bom ver o samurai cego mais vezes."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca "Violent and bloody, carefully choreographed and filled with dry humor, Takeshi Kitano's modern take on the classic Japanese character is a unique vision that's told with confidence."   Movie Views   Ryan Cracknell B "... a colorful if impersonal audience pleaser done up in a showy, fluid style with a tongue-in-cheek flair."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker "A little Ozu, a little Kurosawa and a whole lot of rock & roll."   L.A. Weekly   Walter Chaw 2/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 3.5/5 Read review   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Read review   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. Read review   Georgia Straight   Mark Harris Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B Read review   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 35) of 35 OFCS Rating: 83% Fresh Page   1