Fresh
Older audiences may be required to get back in touch with their adolescent appetites for garish decor.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Kamikaze Girls
The extraordinary adventures of a Lolita-look aficionado and a tough biker gang chick.
2004 · 1h 42m · N/A
Comedy
Directed by
Tetsuya Nakashima
Overview
Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as 'ordinary' are most certainly numbered...
Director and cast
- Tetsuya Nakashima Director
- Kyoko Fukada as Momoko Ryugasaki
- Anna Tsuchiya as Ichigo Shirayuri
- Hiroyuki Miyasako as Momoko's Father
- Ryoko Shinohara as Momoko's Mother
- Sadawo Abe as Ryuji 'the Unicorn' / Doctor
- Yoshinori Okada as Baby 'The Stars Shine Bright' Owner
- Eiko Koike as Akimi
- Shin Yazawa as Miko
- Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Grocery Store Manager
- Katsuhisa Namase as Pachinko Parlor Manager
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
62%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Kamikaze Girls, while being a silly, freewheeling, candy-colored lollapalooza, is also a heartfelt tale of friendship.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Kamikaze Girls has a glazed, comic-book look and absurd tone that is initially enjoyable but proves wearing.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Fresh
As exciting for its beautifully specific and honest portrayal of teenage girls and their friendships as it is for its dazzling visual and narrative style.
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
For 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.
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly
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