Bunraku: Critic Reviews

84%

MovieWeb: 1 reviews

16%

RottenTomatoes: 21 reviews

Andy Webster New York Times (Top Critic)

20

A potpourri of genres that ends up a morass of cliches.
Full Review » 8 months ago
Wesley Morris Boston Globe (Top Critic)

50

You can tell the makers of "Bunraku'' were really excited about creating a cool, new movie world, because that's all the movie is: 118 minutes of effects, art-direction, and genres.
Full Review » 8 months ago
Mark Holcomb Village Voice (Top Critic)

Bunraku is far from a cinematic leap forward, but for a couple of hours, it does make "one-dimensional" something other than a pejorative.
Full Review » 8 months ago
Joe Neumaier New York Daily News (Top Critic)

20

It should surprise no one that visually quirky, graphic-novelish, pulp-noir action flicks rarely come through the sausage machine intact.
Full Review » 8 months ago
Dennis Harvey Variety (Top Critic)

It's a pic that's akin to a terrarium of plastic flowers -- gaudily decorative, but airless and lifeless.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

Extremely cool-looking in the manner of "Sin City,'' but clumsily staged, slackly acted and mind-numbingly dull...
Full Review » 8 months ago
Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

75

Full Review » 2 years ago
Dave McGinn Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

75

With great chemistry between Hartnett and Gackt, and incredible visuals, the ambitions of director Guy Moshe's sophomore feature more than make up for what it lacks in substance.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Full Review » 2 years ago
Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Moshe, who wrote and directed, creates a boldly Expressionistic alternate reality to background this heavy-on-the-action story, but neglects narrative and character beyond the most basic strokes.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Robert Abele Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

30

"Bunraku" is so desensitizing with its hyper-stylized distractions and movie references it feels more mush-up than mash-up.
Full Review » 8 months ago
Stephen Whitty Newark Star-Ledger

50

It's not difficult to see why this movie - which reportedly cost $25 million - has been looking for a release date since it was finished more than three years ago.
Full Review » 8 months ago
Alison Willmore AV Club

42

Bunraku's premise involves a level of fanboy wankery that makes Sucker Punch look restrained.
Full Review » 8 months ago
John Hartl Seattle Times

38

One long, extensively choreographed fight sequence in which "mortal" blows are delivered so often, and with so little lasting impact, that a brawl just becomes a brawl becomes a brawl.
Full Review » 8 months ago
Eric Hynes Time Out New York

40

Bunraku aspires to be Kill Bill: Vol 3; it's more like an ornate pitch for a Dick Tracy reboot.
Full Review » 8 months ago
Nick Schager Slant Magazine

13

A mega mash-up in the vein of Sucker Punch, Bunraku jumbles together elements with a self-consciousness that's as turgid as its story proper.
Full Review » 8 months ago
Brian Orndorf BrianOrndorf.com

17

An overstylized, overwritten, overinflated jumble that doesn't have a clue when to quit. It's definitely colorful and eager to please, but a little of this convoluted mess goes a long way.
Full Review » 8 months ago
Ethan Alter Television Without Pity

Midnight movie fans as well as graphic artists will appreciate the style of the picture, if not the substance... mainly because there's not much substance to be found at all.
Full Review » 8 months ago
Matt Singer IFC.com

34

What do Hartnett and Geckt want with Perlman? Mostly, I think, they're just looking for excuses to get into elaborate kung fu fights.
Full Review » 9 months ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

0

Completely pointless and utterly unwatchable...
Full Review » 2 years ago
Chris Bumbray JoBlo's Movie Emporium

0

A fun action flick distinguished by the stunning visuals.
Full Review » 2 years ago