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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenKampai! For the Love of Sake serves as an occasionally enlightening if long-winded primer that will prove best suited to connoisseurs.
- 60The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy Webster[A] crisp if feather-light documentary.
- 50Slant MagazineWes GreeneSlant MagazineWes GreeneMirai Konishi's documentary inevitably reveals itself to be an elaborate infomercial for Westerners.
- 50Village VoiceSimon AbramsVillage VoiceSimon AbramsKampai! feels like a manic ensemble drama that should have been a tight three-man show.
- 50VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen Gleiberman“Kampai!” is scattered and rudderless, though the film’s biggest letdown is that it barely whets your whistle for a taste of sake. It might have been made “for the love,” but by the end the movie has squandered it.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckUnfortunately, Kampai! For the Love of Sake is more cheerleading than informative, concentrating largely on personality profiles of three figures—two of them Westerners--obsessed with the Japanese rice wine.