Rotten
Its sluggish pacing and confusing story line will prevent it from appealing to all but the most rabid J-horror fans.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Overview
Jûzô Murasaki is a boy miscast in his classroom, being frequently abused, tortured, beaten and humiliated by the bully Tôru Akai and his gang of juvenile punks. After years of repression, rejection and fear without facing Akai, he develops a psychopathic dual personality with a violent alter-ego. While living in the apartment 13 of a tenement building, he becomes unable to control his violent dark personality, who plots an evil revenge against his upper floor neighbor Akai and his family.
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11%
Tomatometer
Rotten
... a technically impressive but altogether listless revenge tale ...
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Rotten
Pic scores big in the first few minutes with its atmospheric lensing of the protag's literal separation into two distinct characters, but then settles into a standard psycho-killer payback drama.
Jay Weissberg, Variety
Rotten
The envelope gets recycled, not pushed, in this moody, brutal, ultimately rather boring revenge saga from Japan.
Nathan Lee, New York Times
Fresh
The Neighbor No. Thirteen forgoes the manic violence of the Korean revenge stunner Oldboy in favor of leisurely paced suspense with sudden bloody outbursts.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
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