Confessions

[ASaroch]

some of you may have read my rather passionate review of 'Confessions', but I was just wondering who has got round to watching it or added it to their 'to watch' pile? On a side note, I was disgusted - but not surprised - that The Times gave it 3/5. The two reviews that appeared in their friday and sunday editions made me wonder what film they were actually watching.

[Drunken Master]

I've got it on my rental list but it's not out here until April.

I've not read your review yet. I tend to catch up on other people's opinions after I've seen the film for myself where i can.

[ASaroch]

Let us know what you think of it.

[Phil]

I think I neglected to mention it on the forum but I watched it on the same weekend I uploaded your review. Couldn't agree more really, I thought it was a thoroughly original and emotionally engrossing film that resonates in the mind long after it is over. Definitely worthy of five stars.

[monkeyboy]

as you know, I have been banging the drum for this one as well - but I have noticed the reviews waver from ecstatic to "meh it's ok". It's not one for the casual observer, and there is something about it that makes it uniquely Japanese. I think the lack of someone for you to truely empathise with would hold a lot of people back.

But I think it is a brave movie (apparantly a adaptation of a novel), and actually would be one I can see myself revisiting occasionally.

The best thing of all is that this is the same guy that gave us Kamikaze Girls and Memories of Matsuko - the fact he can change tone so successfully makes me think that we really have a great talent on our hands.

[sanjid]

Yup...seen it last month. A stylish, gripping revenge drama. Liked it

[ASaroch]

Got my blu-ray on release so I'll have to watch it again!

[Yama]

I've got it and will watch tomorrow.

[aksel07]

I watched it last year for the far east festival in Udine (italy) and i found it exciting with beautiful images (like Kamikaze girls and memories of Matsuko), great musics and a good cast. I found it the best of this festival(with "aftershock" and "man from nowhere"), i was positively surprised by the shift on genre of Nakashima Tetsuya, it is not so easy. I would give it a 4 star.

[ASaroch]

Thanks for the thoughts aksel - glad we agree that it was a classic.