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Noriko's Dinner Table

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A Japanese teenager (Kazue Fukiishi) runs away to Tokyo to join a weird Internet cult whose leader (Tsugumi) hires out members to clients who want to pretend they have a family.

Critics Reviews

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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times 07/05/2007
5/5
Noriko's Dinner Table embraces [suicidal] tendencies with gusto and striking originality. The film is a boldly fragmented and tantalizing saga. Go to Full Review
Leslie Felperin Variety 06/13/2007
Too long by half. Go to Full Review
Matt Zoller Seitz New York Times 06/13/2007
3/5
One of the most ambitious tonal mash-ups in memory, Noriko's Dinner Table is a domestic comedy, a bloody psychological thriller and a comment on the fragility of identity. Go to Full Review
Marty Mapes Movie Habit 06/19/2008
4/4
Has a mind-blowing scene at its climax that takes the whole movie to set up Go to Full Review
Norm Schrager Filmcritic.com 08/12/2007
3/5
part investigative mystery, part cultist drama, and you can pretty much guess where it's all going Go to Full Review
Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat 07/15/2007
There is some excessive gore near the end, but, still, this is one of the best films I've seen this year. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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peter c May 25 my fave Japanese & Korean horror A Tale of Two Sisters, Audition, Host, at times silly Suicide Club, Thirst a good vampire movie, 3 Extremes Dark Water, Whispering Corridors Hansel & Gretel The Doll Master, Red Shoes See more 11/23/2021 This is a masterpiece in my opinion. It viscerally and somehow delicately displays the female adolescent experience through in-your-face metaphor and outstandiong performances. This movie is a prize. See more 01/19/2020 Yes it was a long movie but I was captivated by every minute of it. Extremely thought provoking, beautiful, tragic, insightful and thoughtful. Art in all its forms. See more 10/28/2018 This movie was a slow burn with a lot of drama. It definitely addressed some components of part 1 but enough for me to understand the details set out in part 1. The film was frustrating at times moving along very slowly. But it made up for this with a nice ending. Again I didn't understand much of this film but filled in some blanks by reading articles. I still don't see how part 2 answers the main questions from part 1, but I'll definitely be looking into this by reading more articles. See more 07/27/2017 A family under stress, a suicide club propagated by the Internet, a family for hire, an escape from home. Thus begins the quest for: "What exactly is a family and is it really that important?" See more 05/13/2015 If you see this as a prequel for Suicide Club, you're going to be disappointed, instead, Noriko's Dinner Table as a standalone film is astounding. A lot more drama-oriented than shocking, characters easy to relate that will warm your heart always and with an unstoppable narration, it prepare for hours its ending that will leave anyone speechless. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A Japanese teenager (Kazue Fukiishi) runs away to Tokyo to join a weird Internet cult whose leader (Tsugumi) hires out members to clients who want to pretend they have a family.
Director
Sion Sono
Producer
Takeshi Suzuki
Screenwriter
Sion Sono
Production Co
Mother Ark
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 23, 2018
Runtime
2h 33m