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OUTRAGE (AUTOREIJI)Movie Reviews
Japanese language drama about yakuza clans vying for the favor of the head family in the Japanese underworld. Cast:Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shiina, Ryo Kase, Jun KunimuraDirector:Takeshi KitanoRelease Date:December 2, 2011DVD Release:January 31, 2012From:MagnoliaRating:RLength:1 hr. 49 min.
Outrage (Autoreiji) played in key cities to good reviews. • Peter Keough wrote in the Boston Phoenix, "A masterpiece of denied expectations — every act of vengeance happens too late to satisfy but just in time to spark more." • And Glenn Heath Jr. called the film for Slant, "...one volatile and unsettling revenge play." More Reviews Below...
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "It's like a version of 'Cinema Paradiso' where all the murders were saved up by a censor and strung together for a bloodbath.... I expected a better time."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 570 words, 01/06/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (8 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "Mr. Kitano's immaculate compositions and eccentric flourishes are part of the film's sustained, muted pleasures and are often in service to some underlying meaning."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 626 words, 12/02/11
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "After two viewings, I'm still not entirely clear on the tangled maze of loyalties and betrayals that connects all of director Takeshi Kitano's mobsters..."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 87 words, 12/02/11
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...low-key... Kitano's sense of pacing is so precise, at once restrained and relentless, that the film becomes a vortex, pulling audiences in deeper and deeper."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 206 words, 12/02/11
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine: GOOD "Perhaps, after all the idiosyncratic soul he's brought to his gangster movies over the years, Kitano has finally decided to give the audience the purest form... it's a purge."(See all of Bilge Ebiri's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 487 words, 12/05/11
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "It's like a version of 'Cinema Paradiso' where all the murders were saved up by a censor and strung together for a bloodbath.... I expected a better time."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 570 words, 01/06/12
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Stark and brutal... Kitano looks at the yakuza world with bemused irony... Like one of its yakuza bigs, 'Outrage' commands respect but no affection."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 217 words, 11/30/11
Mike D'Angelo, LA Weekly: MODERATE "...well before the finale, Kitano's empty parade of functionally anonymous butchery becomes monotonous, numbing, even dull. He's reached an aesthetic dead end."(See all of Mike D'Angelo's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 138 words, 11/04/10
KEY CITIES (5 Reviews)
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...it is not Takeshi Kitano's best work.... mostly a deadpan comedy about the idiocy that men do.... the filmmaking is cool, watchful, and ultimately too distanced."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 438 words, 12/09/11
Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...feels a little punch drunk... Who's trying to knock off whom? It's hard to keep track, particularly with so many assassins in identical black suits running around."(See all of Stephen Whitty's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 463 words, 12/02/11
Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "...doesn't add up to much: All the slo-mo gunfights and nicely framed corpse shots in the world can't compensate for a lack of well-realized characters."(See all of Amy Biancolli's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 385 words, 12/09/11
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: MODERATE(cg) "...adequately entertaining, with more than enough cringe-inducing violence and cruel humor... But true Kitano fans will find its title sadly ironic."(See all of Calvin Wilson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 327 words, 12/16/11
Tom Long, Detroit News: VERY GOOD(cg) "There are no heroes, no happy endings, things just go from bad to worse, although they do so with no lack of energy or ingenuity. It's a gangster story, told well..."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 361 words, 01/27/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (5 Reviews)
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Stark and brutal... Kitano looks at the yakuza world with bemused irony... Like one of its yakuza bigs, 'Outrage' commands respect but no affection."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 217 words, 11/30/11
Mike D'Angelo, LA Weekly: MODERATE "...well before the finale, Kitano's empty parade of functionally anonymous butchery becomes monotonous, numbing, even dull. He's reached an aesthetic dead end."(See all of Mike D'Angelo's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 138 words, 11/04/10
Keith Phipps, AV Club: MODERATE(cg) "...a series of clockwork machinations that maneuver a handful of characters from one bloodbath to the next.... compelling to watch until it becomes exhausting."(See all of Keith Phipps's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 426 words, 12/01/11
Glenn Heath Jr., Slant: VERY GOOD(cg) "...one volatile and unsettling revenge play.... always juxtapose the unsettling action with a beautifully crisp formalism that makes the film increasingly disturbing."(See all of Glenn Heath Jr.'s reviews...)(Read the full review...) 289 words, 11/14/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (4 Reviews)
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: GOOD "...an intricately choreographed saga of yakuza warfare.... Takeshi Kitano's sense of style is very much in evidence here, and so is his sense of humor."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 238 words, 12/02/11
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "Mr. Kitano's immaculate compositions and eccentric flourishes are part of the film's sustained, muted pleasures and are often in service to some underlying meaning."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 626 words, 12/02/11
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...low-key... Kitano's sense of pacing is so precise, at once restrained and relentless, that the film becomes a vortex, pulling audiences in deeper and deeper."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 206 words, 12/02/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (6 Reviews)
Rob Nelson, Daily Variety: OUTSTANDING "...the film is a beautifully staged marvel that confidently reasserts director Takeshi Kitano's considerable cinematic gifts."(See all of Rob Nelson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 671 words, 05/16/10
Maggie Lee, Hollywood Reporter: EXCELLENT "As violent, amoral and misanthropic as a Jacobean play, 'Outrage' is Takeshi Kitano's first yakuza flick since 'Brother' (2000), and arguably his best film in a decade."(See all of Maggie Lee's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 499 words, 10/14/10
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...low-key... Kitano's sense of pacing is so precise, at once restrained and relentless, that the film becomes a vortex, pulling audiences in deeper and deeper."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 206 words, 12/02/11
Patrick Z. McGavin, Cinema 24/7: MODERATE(cg) "Takeshi Kitano's best films took on the received ideas of the gangster movie.... 'Outrage' too often is content for the repetitive and unfeeling."(See all of Patrick Z. McGavin's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 885 words, 05/19/10
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "Mr. Kitano's immaculate compositions and eccentric flourishes are part of the film's sustained, muted pleasures and are often in service to some underlying meaning."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 626 words, 12/02/11
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: GOOD "...an intricately choreographed saga of yakuza warfare.... Takeshi Kitano's sense of style is very much in evidence here, and so is his sense of humor."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 238 words, 12/02/11
15.1 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Outrage (Autoreiji)'s reviews are separated by an average 15.1 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Outrage (Autoreiji)'s reviews cover 25.7% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 8,271 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 394 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 34 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Outrage (Autoreiji)'s reviews on average broke 34 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Outrage (Autoreiji)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Outrage (Autoreiji) (21 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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