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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
The movie is uncommonly absorbing. Read full review
Beautiful moments abound. In Departures, the contemplation of death prepares the way for an appreciation of life. Read full review
The film manages to be anything but dark; whimsy and sweet irony are laced throughout, a warmhearted blend that turned it into the surprise winner of 2008's Oscar for foreign-language film. Read full review
Though events unravel predictably, the film is profoundly affecting, thanks to a well-written story, rich characters and superlative acting. Read full review
Yojiro Takita, who directed enduring commercial hits like "The Ying Yang Master" and "The Yen Family," has made a popular gem -- thematically respectable, technically hard to fault, artfully scripted to entertain and touch. Read full review
The film is far from perfect but has enough going on to compensate for its excessive length and some sentimentality. Read full review
TV scribe Kundo Koyama's first bigscreen script peppers the proceedings with rich character detail and near-screwball interludes that shouldn't fit but somehow do. Read full review
It is as polished as it is heavy-handed, and it leaves one under a spell. Read full review
Departures is tender and, at times, rather squishy. It's sure to squeeze the tear ducts of anyone who has lost a parent. Read full review
Overlong, predictable in its plotting and utterly banal in its blending of comic whimsy and melodramatic pathos. Read full review