Mind Game (2004)
A wildly psychedelic ride through Osaka's backstreets, the afterlife, and a whale's belly. Incorporating photo frames of the actual voice-actors' faces, the film reflects the rough aesthetic of the young production house Studio 4c, as well as an emerging anime trend toward DJ-style visual sampling. (Museum of Modern Art)
Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Mystery, Animation
Country: Japan
Directed By: Masaaki Yuasa
Written By: Robin Nishi
Starring: Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, Toshio Sakata
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Mind Game belongs to 34 collections
1. Mindfuck (public: moderated by moses - 76 stars)
2. Existential films (public: moderated by frederic_g54 - 50 stars)
3. Surreal (public - 45 stars)
4. Certified weird (public: moderated by Dreamer - 38 stars)
5. Best of criticker: Mystery (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 8 stars)
6. Best of criticker: Animation (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 7 stars)
7. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
8. Best of criticker: Comedy (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 5 stars)
9. Anime World Order Podcast (public: moderated by Coheed - 3 stars)
10. Anime (public: moderated by Nanera - 2 stars)
11. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
12. Best of criticker: Adventure (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 1 star)
13. Doubling the Canon (2012 update) (public: moderated by Cinephile - 1 star)
14. Netflix instant LATAM (public: moderated by Roman_Herbom - 1 star)
15. The Best of Anime (public: moderated by mattornot - 1 star)
16. Studio 4°C (public: moderated by Hkit)
17. Best of criticker: 2004 (public: moderated by avgcrtckr)
18. Underrated (public: moderated by gogolit)
19. Fantastic and surreal (private: juandr - 7 stars)
20. Mindfuck, surreal, strange and weird films (List by André "BadSmile" Byman) (private: stalebread - 5 stars)
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| Jan 25 | Phalanx | 100 99% |
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| Jan 08 | Ts985L | 92 0% |
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| Jan 08 | Dzid78 | 3 23% |
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| Jan 08 | Dzid77 | 60 19% |
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SemihBoz | 80 86% |
| Dec 25, 2020 | ExcessStarch | 90 99% |
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Steamlord | 70 61% |
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| Dec 05, 2020 | engi | 72 74% |
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| Nov 22, 2020 | lostcinema | 80 89% |
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twijfel | 57 34% |
| Nov 08, 2020 | lojo | 60 44% |
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| Nov 07, 2020 | pmaitre | 90 71% |
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philosophical and spiritual journey through ones ego. a little meandering, but great.
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virtualbub | 90 90% |
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| Oct 17, 2020 | Fanta | 75 62% |
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| Sep 13, 2020 | jbro6 | 80 49% |
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great animations always do what camera can't
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| May 25, 2020 | sfgse83rf3 | 70 64% |
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deaddilly | 55 21% |
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Awesome until they get trapped in the whale for an eternity. From then on this becomes a sprawling, impenetrable mess - frustratingly abandoning the coherence of its narrative to make room for some vague existential musings. The animation is a feat in maximalism but I can't say I really enjoyed myself for most of this film.
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jal90 | 100 96% |
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No.
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| May 22, 2019 |  |
FrederikA | 5 1% |
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I didn't get all the way through it, but I have it from several trusted sources, that I didn't miss out on anything in the last 20 minutes... besides the inside of a giant whale. Anyways, I do think I might have enjoyed this quite a bit, had I seen it when it came out (from an aesthetic point of view at least), but right now, at this point in time, I hated everything about it with a goddamn vengeance.
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| May 19, 2019 |  |
DavidBlast | 30 13% |
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I had this manic depressive friend once, who'd swing by at around 12 at night, to tell me about this 10.000 page manuscript he had been working on, naked, on the Faroe islands, while masturbating in the wild. I hope he will get to see this movie one day. Of all people in this world, he's probably one that could make sense of it...
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| May 11, 2019 | MK10 | 70 59% |
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| May 11, 2019 | goldfinger | 60 33% |
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fenixdown | 83 85% |
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Visually mesmerizing, blending many different art styles. A Bakshi-esque celebration of the mundane and the ridiculous.
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| Jun 03, 2018 | momakar | 90 93% |
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Absolutely enchanting, this movie is so colorful and bizarre, and even incredibly unsettling at times but it still manages to be so sweet, and whimsical. I really loved this it was so fun.
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comepelicula | 75 80% |
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Quite bizarre, I really like bizarre movies so I enjoyed it, I think the action sequences are well done, also the characters are interesting and the editing is great, a bit hard to get into it but overall very good.
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| Jan 29, 2017 | Billeh64 | 10 91% |
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Byder | 82 92% |
| May 15, 2016 |  |
BeeDub | 100 96% |
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Wow, what a rush. A completely unique experience that pushes the artistic possibilities of animation - and cinema itself - to the limit. Unforgettable.
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| Apr 18, 2016 |  |
jackinthebox | 70 56% |
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Fifien | 80 88% |
| Apr 14, 2016 | davide | 50 20% |
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I imagine the target audience for this animated fantasy to be an 18-24 year old male, art student. Lots of creativity in this--reminiscent of Edgar Wright's *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World*--and I liked the sketchy/crude animation, but the film bogs down about the half-way mark.
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| Mar 19, 2016 |  |
porzano | 76 94% |
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ofpveteran73 | 80 80% |
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A surreal, fantastical experience with an impact that grows on reflection. Unflinchingly bizarre and uncannily profound.
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RavynLoony | 95 98% |
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