Riri Shushu no subete 2001

Critics score:
68 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: A hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture. Read more

Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Much of All About Lily Chou-Chou is mesmerizing: some of its plaintiveness could make you weep. Read more

Gene Seymour, Newsday: Poignant Japanese epic about adolescent anomie and heartbreak. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: While the story's undeniably hard to follow, Iwai's gorgeous visuals seduce. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Bravura, ambitious and profoundly disturbing. It is also a daunting, demanding experience, one whose complex structure makes it a challenge to track despite literate subtitles. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Iwai creates Yuichi's world as much through disembodied moments of sight and sound as through action, building to a surprising stab of melancholy. Read more

Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly: One of the most haunting, viciously honest coming-of-age films in recent memory. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This movie is maddening. It conveys a simple message in a visual style that is willfully overwrought. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: If your taste runs to 'difficult' films you absolutely can't miss it. Read more

Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle: Once you get into its rhythm ... the movie becomes a heady experience. Read more

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Peter Howell, Toronto Star: For all of its insights into the dream world of teen life, and its electronic expression through cyber culture, the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2-hour running time. Read more

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Mike D'Angelo, Time Out: For all its impressive craftsmanship, and despite an overbearing series of third-act crescendos, Lily Chou-Chou never really builds up a head of emotional steam. Read more

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Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: It's a uniquely lonely film, and one of the year's most memorable. Read more