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| Value for Money | 6.7/10  |
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| Reviewer Rating | 6.7/10 |
| Overall Rating | 7.5/10  |
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Guest.
on 29th Mar 2008
User Rating : 10
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General comments: I just love the Memoirs of a Geisha movie and i want to own it. The whole of the movie was really interesting!!!
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Review by
Timix1
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on 12th Feb 2006
User Rating : 7
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Like the Japanese hostess of its title, this movie is beautiful to look at but keeps you at arms' length. The three lead actresses - especially Gong Li as the selfish, bitter Hotsumomo - are a pleasure to watch, and the sumptuous sets and costumes help create a unique world that is completely alien to most of us Westerners. That being said, the movie version skimps on much of the intricate details of the geisha lifestyle that Arthur Golden's book expertly fleshes out. Also, lead character Say ...
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Review by
bahjan
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on 2nd Feb 2006
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Memoirs of a Geisha is indeed, as many have said, a cherry-blossom laden Westernised vision of Japan - with the most schmaltzy Hollywood ending since Doris Day and Rock Hudson rode off into the the sunset - (and I think the joke was on us, dear reader!)
As a non-Japanese with an interest in the culture, I found several inaccuracies; although trivial on their own, cumulatively eroded my enjoyment of the whole. Before I saw the film, I was willing to overlook the use of so many non-Japanese ac ...
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