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Confessions

Kokuhaku (Confessions)

2010

Tetsuya Nakashima

Takako Matsu, Masaki Okada, Yoshino Kimura, Yukito Nishii ...

7.0

13,966

Thriller. Drama. Mystery Impassive before a class where lack of interest and disorder reign, a teacher begins a long monologue that culminates in an overwhelming revelation: the accident that took her daughter´s life wasn´t an accident, but a murder perpetrated by two of her students. This is the disconcerting beginning of Tetsuya Nakashima's new film, a pure gem where confessions revolving around a crime whose culprits we already know come one after another ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Maggie Lee The Hollywood Reporter	"Cynical, anarchic and impeccably crafted (...) [It] offers no respite in tension, no redemption for any character and an ending that is as merciless as it is a satisfying payoff."
		Tom Huddleston Time Out	"[Nakashima] has intelligence enough to ensure that his films aren’t just eye-poppingly stylish but loaded with emotional substance, his is a bold and provocative body of work (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"An overcooked, overwrought and unconvincing revenge horror film (...) Intractable and even slightly dull at moments. But there are sharp prickles of fear and gloom (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Mike Hale The New York Times	"Nakashima gives it an operatic intensity, especially in the film’s first half-hour, an inventive and eerie piece of stage setting."
		Sam C. Mac The Playlist	"From his visual style (...) to his histrionic script (...) Nakashima never for a moment lets 'Confessions' become anything resembling human."
		Kim Newman Empire	"Nakashima gets persuasive performances(...) A typically edgy Japanese schoolyard horror, with some serious - and uncomfortable - things to say (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Rob Hunter Film School Rejects	"Sharply written revenge tale; incredibly stylish and beautifully shot; engaging story that rewards (...) fantastic ending; wonderfully disturbing"

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