Sad Vacation

Sad Vacation (2007)

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A damaged man experiences a series of odd coincidences that send his life careening down a path he never anticipated in director/screenwriter Shinji Aoyama's semi-sequel to his critically acclaimed 2000 drama Eureka. When Kenji was just a young boy, his mother abandoned the family and his father… More

Unrated, 2 hr. 16 min.
Directed By
Shinji Aoyama
Written By
Shinji Aoyama
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Dec 31, 2007 Wide
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Critic Reviews

  • Jay Weissberg, Variety

    Only those already won over by recent Shinji Aoyama will coddle to Sad Vacation, the prolific helmer's latest overlong, confused meditation on family and abandonment.

  • Keith Uhlich, UGO

    There's something willfully obscurantist about Sad Vacation, as if it is, first and foremost, a private joke between writer/director Shinji Aoyama and his performers.

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