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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    A heart-tugger made totally irresistible because of the combination of Kitano's wry, sly sense of humor and his rigorous detachment. Read full review

  • 63
    San Francisco Chronicle | Bob Graham

    The comic drama is refreshingly anti- sentimental but will break your heart anyway. Read full review

  • 63
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Desmond Ryan

    No one has done the journey quite like Takeshi Kitano in Kikujiro Read full review

  • 63
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    When Kikijuro goes soft, the film falls apart, with him becoming a slapstick clown, mugging shamelessly to entertain Masao and the audience. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    If the movie finally doesn't work as well as it should, it may be because the material isn't a good fit for Kitano's hard-edged underlying style. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    It's tough to think of another child-adult pairing in a long screen tradition with so little emotional kick. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    Dreamy touches can't compensate for the film's main flaw, which is that the relationship between the two main characters never really develops. Read full review

  • 38
    Boston Globe | Jay Carr

    Even allowing for differences in national styles, Kikujiro sprawls and stumbles. It's a road movie that turns into its own detour. Read full review

  • 10
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    The episodes are too convoluted to get into. Read full review

  • 0
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    The film isn't just bad; it's a barely coherent, inert mess -- a heart-tugger for voidoids. Read full review

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