Sasayaki (1999)

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80	New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein Except for a few slow patches, the movie is compulsively watchable: You keep waiting to see just how sick things are going to get.
75	Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker A disturbing, and disturbingly funny, twist on adolescent love, and Shiota captures the emotional avalanche with understanding.
70	TV Guide Ken Fox Best of all is Tsugumi's wild performance.
63	New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman Surprisingly poignant, thanks to its enduring sense of tenderness.
63	New York Post V.A. Musetto Newcomer Akihiko Shiota shows talent as a director, but he allows Sasayaki to go on too long.
50	The New York Times Dana Stevens There's a little more sex than you'll see on WB, but mostly there's an atmosphere of brooding psychodrama and erotic cruelty that falls somewhere between "Cries and Whispers" and "Say Anything."
50	San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack It's not always clear what this film is driving at, but Shiota makes the weirdness visually arresting.
50	Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt Good acting and understated filmmaking turn off-putting material into a mildly engrossing drama, if not a particularly compelling one.
50	Village Voice Dennis Lim This dreamy, languorous farce offers a manageable strawberry-flavored alternative, a mildly kinky Hello Kitty sadomasochism.