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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Being described as deranged makes me interested in a movie, though often I am let down. This movie is the real thing, perhaps the most outrageous movie ever made. Beginning with unnatural sex and continuing with a catalogue of unparalled perversity, Visitor Q will have you watching or turning away in disbelief. A documentary maker and his dysfunctional family interact in increasingly bizarre ways. The films follows the family members through violence to full psychotic breakdown. The narrative is perhaps not the main thing, it is an accumulation of shocking moments, that is filmed in realistic intensity on digital video. Be warned, this may be too much for some viewers, though recommended for the broadminded and fans of extreme asian cinema.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The wierd and wonderful (if a little disturbed) world of Miike comes to the forfront in this most entertaining of tragic comedies. When i switched this on i did not really know what to expect. All i can say to the uninitiated is to expect the worst times that by ten and the be prepared to laugh and consider why you laughed just a little later.
I must recomend this film as one to watch for the avid viewer of eastern shock. If this film had been made by an american it would not have even made it to DVD. Thank you Takashi Miike for push all of those boundary buttons.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"Visitor Q" is an extraordinary motion picture. At first I was worried by the use of video as it normally seems cheap and crappy but then I noticed the angles that the director was employing and his abundant technique. A framed picture is a protagonist in one scene.
I had to avert my eyes at points. I have never liked needles. MIIKE seems to love them. The use of the hypodermic syringe was used brilliantly in his Motion Picture "Audition". A classic of modern Cinema in my opinion. The creativity in Visitor Q is boundless, slightly sick, I grant you, yet assured and beautifully acted. This is a strong film. The ideas are warped and execution is masterful.
TAKASHI MIIKE is a very talented filmmaker. He bears his soul with a project like "Visitor Q" and that is rare and brave. I mentioned acting earlier and find myself asking, "How far did these actors go?"
History has shown that the first actors were prostitutes. I sometimes wonder at the actors that walk the red carpet and ask, "What has changed?" Actors will do anything a director asks. This cast must have had great faith in their Director and great trust. The acting is faultless. At one point I did make the comparison with another great film "Man Bites Dog" because I found myself laughing at situations that are so real and horrifying. That feeling is strange and I'm not sure I like it.
I cannot criticize this film in anyway. I still feel that the over use of video in Motion Pictures can be cheap and nasty lookin' but "Visitor Q" proves me wrong. Imagination overcomes any limitation.
I had to avert my eyes at points. I have never liked needles. MIIKE seems to love them. The use of the hypodermic syringe was used brilliantly in his Motion Picture "Audition". A classic of modern Cinema in my opinion. The creativity in Visitor Q is boundless, slightly sick, I grant you, yet assured and beautifully acted. This is a strong film. The ideas are warped and execution is masterful.
TAKASHI MIIKE is a very talented filmmaker. He bears his soul with a project like "Visitor Q" and that is rare and brave. I mentioned acting earlier and find myself asking, "How far did these actors go?"
History has shown that the first actors were prostitutes. I sometimes wonder at the actors that walk the red carpet and ask, "What has changed?" Actors will do anything a director asks. This cast must have had great faith in their Director and great trust. The acting is faultless. At one point I did make the comparison with another great film "Man Bites Dog" because I found myself laughing at situations that are so real and horrifying. That feeling is strange and I'm not sure I like it.
I cannot criticize this film in anyway. I still feel that the over use of video in Motion Pictures can be cheap and nasty lookin' but "Visitor Q" proves me wrong. Imagination overcomes any limitation.
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Strange? STRANGE!
It's hard to give a score for this kind of movie.
You like it, or you hate it.
The movie is hard, strange, disturbing, extreem. But very intersting to watch. Read more
You like it, or you hate it.
The movie is hard, strange, disturbing, extreem. But very intersting to watch. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Cherryred
Misunderstood.
'Visitor Q' was my second foray into the 'sinister works' of infamaous Japanese director Takashi Miike. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jack
Well, it's different...
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Published 7 months ago by Sam Woodward
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Published 20 months ago by Mark G.
Honestly, it's just not that good
I find it pretty annoying that everyone who's given this film a poor review has received negative feedback in abundance. Why? Read more
Published 22 months ago by Now Zoltan
Great film but why censor?
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Published 22 months ago by Denis Joe
Visitor Q Should Have Stayed At Home
This film is vacuous and pointless. It is odd, to be sure, but carries no merit. It's as though the makers of this film first made a list of sexual perversions and sundry forms of... Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2008 by Paul Pinn
twisted but i loved it
As soon as the subtitles "have you ever done it with your dad?" appeared on the screen, i did think for a second to turn it off. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2008 by Ms. J. D. Penn
Finally a REAL sick film!
I really honestly thought this film was brilliant. Brutally realistic; and that is what made it for me. Read more
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