Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)


A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

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Released Year: 2005
Runtime: 145 minutes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Directors: Rob Marshall

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A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

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80
The Hollywood Reporter - Kirk Honeycutt
Here is a film about Japan made by Americans, shot mostly in the U.S. and, of course, in English. Once you accept these compromises in the name of international filmmaking, none is a real deterrent to enjoying this lush period film.
80
Variety - Todd McCarthy
From a filmmaking point of view, this is a work that the old Hollywood moguls themselves would have been proud to present.
75
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers
Any doubts about three Chinese actresses speaking English with Japanese accents vanish in the face of their deeply felt performances and the world Marshall conjures with magical finesse.
75
ReelViews - James Berardinelli
There's no doubting that Memoirs of a Geisha is a lush motion picture, and it has much to recommend it, but this will not go down as one of the great screen romances of the 2000s.
70
L.A. Weekly - Scott Foundas
It's not a great movie, or even a particularly good one, but it's spectacular. No expense has been spared. The technical crew reads like a roll call of Oscar-night regulars.

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