Azumi Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

53 =
Based upon 6 Critic Reviews
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Los Angeles Times | Mark OlsenAdd Critic to Favorites

An uneven effort overall that when it is working has a strange, engaging energy that is often overturned by an uncertain staidness.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | G. Allen JohnsonAdd Critic to Favorites

It is probably Kitamura's best film.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Frank ScheckAdd Critic to Favorites

Unfortunately, the film itself -- though it contains some superbly staged and highly lavish action sequences -- lacks the tautness of its heroine.Read the full review

The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

The director, Ryuhei Kitamura, whose earlier films include the cult film "Versus," brings nothing new to the samurai-swordsman game other than some styling shorts for the whelps and a miniskirt for Azumi.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites

As a moody drama, it falls short, but as lightweight escapism, it sets off sporadic but irresistible explosions of pure cinematic delight.Read the full review

Variety | Ronnie ScheibAdd Critic to Favorites

Inevitable comparisons to Quentin Tarentino's femme-centered carnage extravaganza "Kill Bill" are not unwarranted insofar as both films featurefeature an abstract, self-conscious, and decidedly post-modern approach to a moribund genre.Read the full review

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