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Happy Hookernew
Memoirs of a Geisha inappropriately tells the clean, beautiful story of a girl sold into sex slavery.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-05-2006 |
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Girls, Interruptednew
Well, we’re not in Chicago anymore, or even its soundstage approximation, but that hasn’t stopped Oscar-nominated director Rob Marshall from fashioning another epic spectacle out of two squabbling women in (a sort-of) show business.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
12-21-2005 |
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Pronounced Dead
Like The Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha is a well-researched, if misguided, tribute to Japan's bad old days of patriarchy and strict social hierarchy.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-19-2005 |
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Spurning Japanese
Memoirs of a Geisha finds general beauty, but loses the cultural specifics.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-16-2005 |
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Tags: Memoirs of a Geisha, Rob Marshall
Asia Minornew
Given that this movie is aimed at the art-house crowd, would it not have been possible to make it in Japanese? You never think you'll miss subtitles until a movie like this comes along.
