78
Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleThis intricately plotted Japanese epic has so many twists and turns - not to mention bizarre characters with even more bizarre backstories - that the time will fly by. As the old cliche goes, you will not have another moviegoing experience quite like this one all year.
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMerging the sacred and the profane, the bloody and the batty, Love Exposure tunnels into serious topics - warped parenting, sexual intolerance and the way religious cults enslave damaged souls - with a hilariously blasphemous shovel.
- 88Slant MagazineSlant MagazineJapanese poet and cult filmmaker Shion Sono defines himself as an anti-establishment artist partly out of cynicism and partly thanks to his romantic concept of libertarianism.
- 80EmpirePhil de SemlyenEmpirePhil de SemlyenComplicated and long but deftly handled adventure/caper/satire that ends up being thoroughly entertaining
- 80Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenLos Angeles TimesMark OlsenThe film's maximalist storytelling, both expansive and precise, snatching specific emotions from its torrid swirl, is best exemplified by the fact that the title card doesn't appear until an hour in.
- 80Time Out LondonTime Out LondonThese dysfunctional, hypersensitive Japanese teens and their quest for erotic and spiritual enlightenment make for a swooning, often riotously funny melodrama charged with a refreshingly perverse undertow.
- 60Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearIf you see only one Sono film, check out this flick; you will have then seen them all.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawDeeply strange and politically incorrect, baffling, and often funny.
- 55NPRMark JenkinsNPRMark JenkinsIt's a campy rampage that runs a few minutes shy of four hours, dooming what otherwise would likely be a bright future as a midnight movie.