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Kamikaze Girls

The extraordinary adventures of a Lolita-look aficionado and a tough biker gang chick.

2004 · 1h 42m · N/A Comedy
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima

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Overview

Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.

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All reviews
62%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Older audiences may be required to get back in touch with their adolescent appetites for garish decor.

Wally Hammond, Time Out
Fresh

Kamikaze Girls, while being a silly, freewheeling, candy-colored lollapalooza, is also a heartfelt tale of friendship.

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten

Kamikaze Girls has a glazed, comic-book look and absurd tone that is initially enjoyable but proves wearing.

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Fresh

As exciting for its beautifully specific and honest portrayal of teenage girls and their friendships as it is for its dazzling visual and narrative style.

Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

For this viewer, the climactic scooter-gang rumble, heavy on plot twists and empowerment speeches, felt eternal, but for many, the happy silliness of the film's first half should carry the day.

Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly

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