Cure(キュア)

New Times (L.A.) by Andy Klein

The movie is not always satisfying as a standard thriller, nor is it always clear; but it's never dull, either, and it displays a sensibility so weird as to be its own recommendation.

San Francisco Chronicle by Bob Graham

It's more psychological than a genre movie, and that is the source of both its greatest interest and its biggest problem.

The New York Times by Dana Stevens

The final scene is a piece of cunning visual wit that makes you realize how artful and sneaky Cure, has been beneath its clinical, deadpan surface.

Slate by David Edelstein

Transcends its murkiness and eats into the mind. Cure is what ails you.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

Kurosawa may be considered the genius, but his movie would go nowhere without its extraordinary leading man.

Village Voice by J. Hoberman

Cure has a generic resemblance to "Seven," but it's far more oblique, and that much more troubling.

Chicago Tribune by John Petrakis

What is most impressive about Kurosawa's direction is how he uses the entire frame, complete with expository background action, to fill in the story blanks. His eagerness to suggest, rather than declare, marks him as a director with confidence to spare.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

The result is somewhat confounding, but utterly spellbinding.

Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

With its gift for infusing uneasiness into every frame, Kurosawa's moody, unnerving film continues to spook us even after the lights have gone on.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by William Arnold

Clearly, this film is less than a suspense masterpiece. Its violence is often gratuitous.