Autoreiji 2010

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Kitano leaves it up to us to connect the dots. Unfortunately, he seems to get bored before he's done, and so do we. Read more

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: 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. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: The movie too often resembles a repetitive cycle of tough guys shouting, shooting and shuffling off this mortal coil. Read more

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: [Takeshi's] sense of style is very much in evidence here, and so is his sense of humor. Read more

Keith Phipps, AV Club: Compared to the dramatic riches Kitano used to find amid the bloodletting, Outrage's feels pretty paltry. Read more

Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader: Kitano is clearly enjoying his powers as a master of the form, and the movie invites the viewer to share in his enjoyment. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: It's a gangster story, told well, with no punches pulled. Read more

William Goss, Film.com: It's retaliation without foundation, all fun and games until everyone gets hurt. Read more

Maggie Lee, Hollywood Reporter: As violent, amoral and misanthropic as a Jacobean play, Outrage is Takeshi Kitano's first yakuza flick since Brother, and arguably his best film in a decade. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: So low-key and offhanded in its mastery that it becomes something like a pulp sleight-of-hand trick. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Unfortunately the film itself feels a little punch drunk, particularly as the feuds escalate. Who's trying to knock off whom? It's hard to keep track... Read more

Scott Tobias, NPR: The longer Outrage goes on, the more distance it gets from its core themes about the moral chaos of gangsterism. It becomes a film about cool killings, which may satisfy the bloodlust of some Kitano fans but hardly amounts to a return to form. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: [Kitano] directs with such wicked confidence and so many gleefully extreme flourishes... Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: The editing (by Kitano) and lensing are stylish and guaranteed to keep viewers hooked through the final rubout. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It's like a version of "Cinema Paradiso" where all the murders were saved up by a censor and strung together for a bloodbath. Read more

Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: True Kitano fans will find its title sadly ironic. Read more

Jon Frosch, The Atlantic: How can anyone can get excited over something so grim and redundant? Read more

Rob Nelson, Variety: The results are so visually stunning, why quibble? Read more

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: Like one of its yakuza bigs, Outrage commands respect but no affection. Read more