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If you want the full sledgehammer-to-the-stomach effect of Audition, stop reading this review now. Just watch it and take the consequences. At first glance, Takashi Miike's jack in the box of a movie works like a romantic comedy: amiable widower Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) decides it's time to find a new wife, and a friend suggests holding a fake audition to find the right girl. It soon becomes clear that there is something wrong with Aoyama's choice. This is no ordinary Fatal Attraction-style thriller, however; Audition slowly and carefully builds into a wrenching exploration of both deep male fears and the stereotype of the cute, submissive Japanese woman. Audition is by no means an easy movie to watch--even hardcore horror fans may have trouble--but it will stay with you for a long, long time. --Ali Davis
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By gonn1000
Format:DVD
This asian romantic comedy-gone-wrong has a couple of neat and compelling ideas yet as a whole ends up being a disappointment. "Audition" tries to play with some conventions regarding the oriental female stereotyped role (shy, loyal and submissive women), delivering a strong and unexpected twist by the end of the movie. While this concept is somewhat interesting, the plot moves at a terribly slow and tiresome pace, being nothing more than flat mumbo-jumbo for about 3/4 of the movie.
This effort is forgettable and not very enticing for the most part, presenting a japanese romantic comedy (not very funny though) about a middle-aged man that makes an audition in order to choose an actress for a movie. Simultaneously, he`s also trying to find a girfriend in the process (and he manages to get one). "Audition" develops this scenario and suddently delivers a strong twist that provides some shocking and disturbing scenes, giving a new perspective into the protagonist`s recent (and apparently innocent and fragile) girlfriend.
Director Takashi Miike tries to raise subjects like the effects of isolation, the possibilty of love and the old "looks can be decieving" idea, yet this cinematic experience is flawed overall and just fails to convince. Sure, "Audition"`s last 20 minutes are strong and memorable material, still that doesn`t make for the unengaging and bland previous events.
An interesting failure.
By Vecha Keason
Format:DVD
I couldn't help but draw a relationship with Ringu 0. I'm probably sound ridiculous, but i felt the same way with this movie, at the end, that i did with Ringu 0. It seemed to me he loved her to the very end like in ringu 0, and hoping this never had to happen and it was all just a dream. I watched it at night thinking it was a horror flick, but in my opinion it was more freakish love than a horror film, yes i admit the scenes of chopped of tongues and fingers was a little scary, but i believe it was a weird love story....very weird....very...very...weird.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By C. James
Format:DVD
The other reviews will give you a description of what the film is about (though probably too much of one), so I won't dwell on the subject. It's a film that Should be seen and not described anyway. This Is one of my all time favorite films, so I am going to be incredibly biased. This film is excellent: Takashi Miike (the director) is perfectly in his element with this kind of film. The best way, I think, to describe this film is to say that Audition is to Japan, what Silence of the Lambs or Psycho is/was to America. The lead actress, Eihi Shiina, does a frighteningly great job in her film debut. Simply put, Audition is an awesome and exceptional film :).
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Not really horror
Is how I would describe this film, I heard the hype and thought as an afficianado, I am always open to new horror if it's not to cheesy, this was a character study and a really... Read more
Published on Nov 5 2009 by muzo
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Modern Horror Masterpiece
Takashi Miike's Audition is a disturbing and at times confusing film. That being said, try to judge it for yourself while watching it, as the film takes you on an interesting and... Read more
Published on July 5 2007 by K. Driscoll
3.0 out of 5 stars
Alright
I must have missed a scene or something while watching it because I don't get what all the fuss is about. Read more
Published on May 23 2007 by yjuyut
1.0 out of 5 stars
A disappointment from start to finish.
Miike's psychological thriller "Audition" (don't understand why it's classed as a horror film. Even the uncut version is not very horrific) was a disappointment from start to... Read more
Published on Feb 4 2007 by MAL
5.0 out of 5 stars
My foot was lost in trasnlation (and my ear and tongue)
Audition illustrates how our expectations and interests color what we perceive. There seems to be a lot of debate about whether it's horror or romance, but really it's both - and... Read more
Published on Mar 9 2006 by John E. Lawson
2.0 out of 5 stars
Overrated
Audition is a film that relies heavily on the last twenty minutes of its running time. In the first eighty minutes there is only one, but good, scare. Read more
Published on May 25 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars
It was okay.....still better than most Hollywood thrillers!
I went into the viewing of this film with great anticipation since I'd heard how terrifically chilling it is. Read more
Published on May 10 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
It freezes your blood
It is probably the most awful, chilling, horrible movie ever made. You need nerves of steel to endure the tension and the horror. It is also a work of dark art like no other. Read more
Published on May 7 2004
2.0 out of 5 stars
Fatal attraction japanese style
Audition tells the tale of a widower who under advice from his son decides to interview woman supposidly for a movie role whilst really trying to find a woman for a relationship. Read more
Published on May 3 2004 by J. Botha
5.0 out of 5 stars
Skillful and real
This movie is much more polished than Miike's other films; it's a professional movie with deliberate pace. Read more
Published on April 29 2004
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