Imamura has said that Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women. It may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made.
– Ella Taylor,
L.A. Weekly,
18 Jul 2002
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A charming, quirky and leisurely paced Scottish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python's Meaning of Life.
– Mark Rahner,
Seattle Times,
6 Sep 2002
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Like its bizarre heroine, it irrigates our souls.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Sep 2002
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Seeing it as a Westerner is an enlightening, even liberating, experience.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
27 Sep 2002
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There's much tongue in cheek in the film and there's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all.