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The New York Times by Andy Webster
[A] crisp if feather-light documentary.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Unfortunately, Kampai! For the Love of Sake is more cheerleading than informative, concentrating largely on personality profiles of three figures—two of them Westerners--obsessed with the Japanese rice wine.
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Los Angeles Times by Michael Rechtshaffen
Kampai! For the Love of Sake serves as an occasionally enlightening if long-winded primer that will prove best suited to connoisseurs.
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“Kampai!” is scattered and rudderless, though the film’s biggest letdown is that it barely whets your whistle for a taste of sake. It might have been made “for the love,” but by the end the movie has squandered it.
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Kampai! feels like a manic ensemble drama that should have been a tight three-man show.
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Mirai Konishi's documentary inevitably reveals itself to be an elaborate infomercial for Westerners.