A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

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2016

2h 59m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

Romance

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75%

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12 Reviews

74%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

The experience of watching this anti-climactic three-hour drama is unproductively depressing, and upsetting.

Rated: 2/4

Nov 10, 2017

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Diego Semerene

Slant Magazine

The film is an interminable saga full of soap-operatic plot twists involving quickly broken marriages, sexual assault, a secret porn career, terminal illness, and a quasi lesbian love affair.

Rated: 1/4

Nov 7, 2017

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Maggie Lee

Variety

A cruel yet riveting tale.

Jun 8, 2016

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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke

Psychocinematography

Iwai expertly shows that, while the reliance on the imaginary problematizes genuine human connection, the field of the imaginary is also necessary to be able to form any social bond whatsoever.

Jan 9, 2021

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James Mudge

easternKicks.com

Fans of Iwai Shunji will find a great deal to enjoy, and the film's length never feels unnecessary, being justified by its understated and profound ruminations on modern life

Rated: 4/5

Oct 31, 2020

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Iwai manages to present a number of messages regarding Japanese society, through a relatively abstract narrative that goes in and out of surrealism a number of times.

Dec 1, 2019

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Haru Kuroki

Nanami Minagawa

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Mashiro Satonaka

Gou Ayano

Yukimasu Amuro

Sôkô Wada

Yuto Takashima

Tomoko Mariya

Harumi Minagawa

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Synopsis

A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

Director: Shunji Iwai
Producer: Shunji Iwai, Muneyuki Kii, Tomoyuki Miyagawa, Aki Mizuno, Masashi Mizuno
Screenwriter: Shunji Iwai
Production Co: Rockwell Eyes inc.
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 13, 2020
Runtime: 2h 59m

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