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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanA charmingly loony tale of two young loners who form an unlikely bond, this droll Japanese import puts the predictable banality of most Hollywood teen flicks to shame.
- 70The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThe yummy Japanese confection Kamikaze Girls deserves both a better title and an audience to go with it.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyScott BrownEntertainment WeeklyScott BrownFor the Western viewer, the cultural divide acts as a saccharine filter, and Kamikaze, a cult hit in Japan, becomes a mesmerizing lesson in otherness.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterIt's the kind of rollicking rebel-chick flick that should score well in venues that appreciate Quentin Tarantino films.
- 50Film ThreatFilm ThreatFluff. The cinematic equivalent of too much cotton candy Tetsuya Nanashima's Kamikaze Girls is a hyperkinetic fun house ride that is about forty five minutes too long.
- 50VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyWears out its welcome at 100 minutes, but could find an audience in the West as a latenight attraction at gay fests.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoWhat Kamikaze Girls doesn't have is a plot. As nice as the film looks, it soon grows tiresome -- though I could listen to the Johann Strauss II soundtrack forever.
- 50TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxBut it's all done with such high style and whizzes along at such an exhausting pace that you probably won't have enough time to notice how little you care.
- 50L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonFor this viewer, the climactic scooter-gang rumble, heavy on plot twists and empowerment speeches, felt eternal, but for many, the happy silliness of the film's first half should carry the day.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceIf you value plausibility in movies, skip Kamikaze Girls; this is the sort of picture where getting run over by a truck gives a character gorgeous hair instead of a broken hip.