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 "I suspect many viewers will be disoriented and put off by Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, but if you let go and enjoy the ride, you'll find a sly comedy and a clever poem that's worth cherishing."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"There's much tongue in cheek in the film and there's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all."
-- Marta Barber, MIAMI HERALD
"Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a quirky and poignant Japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women, water, nature, and sexuality."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"If you're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining, you're in luck."
-- Jaime N. Christley, FILM WRITTEN MAGAZINE
"It’s an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"Charmingly bizarre slice of magic realism."
-- Tom Dawson, BBCI FILMS
"From blushing to gushing---Imamura squirts the screen in ‘Warm Water Under a Red Bridge’"
-- John Esther, PASADENA WEEKLY
"Eccentric, playful and boldly erotic."
-- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"A delirious celebration of the female orgasm."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
 "Its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche."
-- Jeremy Heilman, MOVIEMARTYR.COM
"There's ... tremendous energy from the cast, a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate."
-- Jeremiah Kipp, FILMCRITIC.COM
"Japanese director Shohei Imamura’s latest film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime."
-- Dan Lybarger, NITRATE ONLINE
"A charming, quirky and leisurely paced Scottish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python's Meaning of Life."
-- Mark Rahner, SEATTLE TIMES
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"Veteran director Imamura combines fish out of water stories with a weird
metaphor for female sexuality in this sweetly quirky film which never quite
gels"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"We never feel anything for these characters, and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity."
-- Rich Cline, FILM THREAT
"The characters are interesting and the relationship between Yosuke and Saeko is worth watching as it develops, but there's not enough to the story to fill two hours."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"An absurd premise hides not truth, but wisdom"
-- Thom Fowler, HOLLYWOOD BITCHSLAP
"Symbolically, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a celebration of feminine energy, a tribute to the power of women to heal."
-- Maria Garcia, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"A comedy that is warm, inviting, and surprising."
-- Pam Grady, REEL.COM
"A weird and wonderful comedy."
-- Dave Kehr, CITYSEARCH
"Richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings."
-- Andy Klein, NEW TIMES
"Has the marks of a septuagenarian; it's a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick."
-- Joe McGovern, MATINEE MAGAZINE
"Yakusho and Shimizu ... create engaging characterizations in Imamura’s lively and enjoyable cultural mix."
-- Ed Scheid, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
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Avg. Rating: 6.8/10 |
"Nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable, Warm Water may well be the year's best and most unpredictable comedy."
-- Michael Atkinson, VILLAGE VOICE
"Seeing it as a Westerner is an enlightening, even liberating, experience."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"Lurid and less than lucid work."
-- Elvis Mitchell, NEW YORK TIMES
"There's not enough here to justify the almost two hours."
-- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST
"A deep and meaningful film."
-- Janice Page, BOSTON GLOBE
"Combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Simply doesn't have sufficient heft to justify its two-hour running time."
-- Frank Scheck, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Imamura's delight in the infinite oddity of men and women is goofy; it's also, at heart, reverent."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"A tasty slice of droll whimsy."
-- Gene Seymour, NEWSDAY
"Like its bizarre heroine, it irrigates our souls."
-- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
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"Yakusho, as always, is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with Shimizu is very believable."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
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* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
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