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Audition

Ôdishon (Audition)

1999

Takashi Miike

Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura ...

6.4

11,262

Horror. Thriller. Mystery A man is asked to sit in on a number of auditions. One of the women presented so interests him that he takes her telephone number. Later, he rings her and sets up a dinner date. But she is not what she appears....

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Takashi Miike pretty well invented the genre of J-horror as it came to be understood with this shocking, scabrous, satirical movie (...) A stomach-turning masterpiece (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"A diabolically adroit piece of filmmaking that goes even further than the films of Italy's excruciatingly macabre Dario Argento"	POS
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"Aoyama's loneliness gives 'Audition' density and shape. It's a thoughtful element that provides the picture with a rooting interest"	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"Remarkable, evocative and disturbing (...) It's a creepy film that slowly develops its real scariness, but it also explores the battle of the sexes"	POS
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"[It] still feels like the most visceral and evocative horror film since Tobe Hooper’s 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"[It] is more dramatically supple and multi-layered than [Miike's] usual midnight madness"	POS
United States	V.A. Musetto New York Post	"The faint of heart might want to leave early. If you elect to stay, remember: You were warned"	POS
United States	Patrick Z. McGavin Chicago Tribune	"Creates an atmosphere of frenzy that is both powerful and unforgettable, providing neither solace nor comfort"	POS

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