Rotten
This movie, at just under two hours, is a long crawl from inception to climax.
Jim Sullivan, Boston Globe
Audition
She always gets a part.
2000 · 1h 55m · R
Drama, Horror
Directed by
Takashi Miike
,
Ken Mitsuishi
Overview
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.
Director and cast
- Takashi Miike Director
- Ken Mitsuishi Director
- Ryo Ishibashi as Shigeharu Aoyama
- Eihi Shiina as Asami Yamazaki
- Jun Kunimura as Yasuhisa Yoshikawa
- Tetsu Sawaki as Shigehiko Aoyama
- Renji Ishibashi as Old man in wheelchair
- Miyuki Matsuda as Ryoko Aoyama
- Toshie Negishi as Rie
- Yuriko Hirooka as Michiyo Yanagida
- Shigeru Saiki as Toastmaster
- Ken Mitsuishi Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Miike is brilliant at transforming the mundane and familiar ... into something sinister and eerie.
Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
A diabolically adroit piece of filmmaking that goes even further than the films of Italy's excruciatingly macabre Dario Argento.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
This brazen shocker is never less than compelling -- even when you feel compelled to shut your eyes.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
There will be many people who consider Audition an atrocity, and a few who find it a stimulating cinema experience.
Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle
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