Fresh
Exhibiting astonishing dexterity, Mr. Sono shapes all this trauma into a narrative that's completely coherent and surprisingly touching, never more so than in Yu's struggle toward sexual maturity.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Love Exposure
Jesus, forgive these morons.
2009 · 3h 57m · Unrated
Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Sion Sono
Overview
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's a campy rampage that runs a few minutes shy of four hours, dooming what otherwise would likely be a bright future as a midnight movie.
Mark Jenkins, NPR
Fresh
As the old cliche goes, you will not have another moviegoing experience quite like this one all year.
David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Love Exposure plays like a marathon greatest-hits-and-misses mixtape. If you see only one Sono film, check out this flick; you will have then seen them all.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
Would the film be easier to take in a more condensed form? Of course it would, but then it wouldn't be the singularly overwhelming oddity that it is.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
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