Takeshi Kitano brings us three stories about the decisions we make that affect our whole lives. The key element here is that we sometimes make the wrong decision due to emotions involved, not to mention pressure from others, and framed as a bunraku performance, Japan's national ...( read more)
Chieko Matsubara, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kanji Tsuda
Dolls is a film of extraordinary beauty and tenderness from a filmmaker chiefly associated with grave mayhem and deadpan humor. That is to say, this is not one more Takeshi Kitano movie focused...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 8, 2005
Stats: 600 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (600)
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December 12, 2008
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January 18, 2008
Drags a bit in some parts, yet Kitano knows how to keep things simple and direct to the point.
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December 31, 2007
I'll the risk gladly, but I'll say this: Dolls is one of the greatest cinematic achievements ever! Takeshi Kitano is one of the most talented and brilliant filmmakers alive! I've seen every one of his films and the truth is that there isn't a single one that isn't at least...( read more)
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October 10, 2009
When I started to watch Dolls, in the first 10 minutes I wanted to close it down, was for me an odd movie and way too slow.But being a movie of Kitano I wanted to give it a try and as the movie went on I started to like it. There was no happy ending in this movie. But it was a mo...( read more)
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February 25, 2007
Beautiful and tragic Kitano movie with seperate stories all involving heartbreak. A wonderful yet sad viewing experience.
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September 11, 2009
Kitano's most harmonic and beautiful achievement about separated stories that deal with human beings and their deep psychology.
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June 16, 2009
This is a film I really wanted to love, because I've got friends who do, and I thought I might, as I rather enjoyed Kitano's "Zatoichi" and would love to see some real Bunraku (a few minutes of which are shown at the beginning of the film.)
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March 22, 2009
El cine Asiatico en especial de este director es mi favorito
Matsumoto y Sawako habían sido una pareja feliz que parecía destinada al matrimonio, pero las anticuadas presiones de unos padres que se entrometieron en su vida y el éxito forzaron al joven a tomar una trágica decisió...( read more) -
March 14, 2009
una película desoladora y hermosa fria pero que llega directo al corazón
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March 7, 2009
One of the sweetest, most romantic, saddest movies about love I've ever seen. And all without even a single kiss. Kitano is once again amazing.
Critic Reviews
It's all as passionate, refined, and insistently sad as Bunraku puppetry itself. full review
Dolls isn't a film for everybody, especially the impatient, but Kitano does succeed, I think, in drawing us into his tempo and his world, and slowing us down into the sadness of his characters. full review
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