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Audition (2002)
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If you want the full sledgehammer-to-the-stomach effect of Audition, stop reading this review now. Just watch it and take the consequences. At first glance, Takashi Miike's jack in the box of a movie works like a romantic comedy: amiable widower Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) decides it's time to find a new wife, and a friend suggests holding a fake audition to find the right girl. It soon becomes clear that there is something wrong with Aoyama's choice. This is no ordinary Fatal Attraction-style thriller, however; Audition slowly and carefully builds into a wrenching exploration of both deep male fears and the...
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Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) lost his wife Ryoko (Miyuki Matsuda) seven years ago, and his son Shigehiko (Tetsu Sawaki) suggests that he is looking old, and should remarry.
His friend Yoshikawa (Jun Kunimura) suggests they hold an audition to find someone that meets his qualifications.
As soon as he read the resume for Asami...
(complete Audition review by Movie Addict)
| Audition Movie Review by Jarrod (7/12/2007) |
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'Audition' is about as depraved and bizarre as a horror film can be. It savors every moment of sadism, every moment of physical agony, every moment of hopeless suffering. It is also distinctly Japanese, and could never and should never be corrupted by the inept hands of an American director, intent on Westernizing it for...
(complete Audition review by Jarrod)
| Audition Movie Review by David (9/15/2006) |
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f*ckin awesome....i loved this movie even tho it got off to a slow start. But once it gets movin....GODDAMN! Some of the most gruesome sh*t ive ever seen. This is what horror is about. This is what it should be.
To be honest i cant really stand subtitles, i feel it takes away from the movie. However i didnt mind it in...
(complete Audition review by David)
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