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Metascore
15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneFabulous for many reasons. Most important, this movie is Chiyoko's story, not an anime adventure. It's animated, but it's human and will touch the soul of anyone who has loved deeply.
- 80L.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteL.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteSatoshi innovates not by pushing off into more extreme realms of adolescent fantasy, but by using all the resources of animation to tell complex dramatic stories, resources that in his hands seem almost limitless.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMillennium Actress fascinatingly goes where films have not often gone before.
- 80The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensTo watch Millennium Actress is to witness one cinematic medium celebrating another, an expression of movie love that is wonderfully eccentric and deeply affecting.
- 75New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannIt manages to be both kinetic and dream-like at the same time -- "Run Lola Run" by way of David Lynch.
- 75Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThe movie's narrative can be taxingly ornate, but there's something beautiful about its metaphorical conflation of politics and glamour, the real and the fictional.
- 70The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonAnimated in much the same style as "Perfect Blue," but with greater depth and a more elaborate sense of playfulness, Millennium Actress is a visual feast, but also a mental gymnastics routine.
- 70TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghPast and present, reality and fiction blend seamlessly into each other in Satoshi Kon's dream-like animated drama.
- 50VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyContains some brilliant invention between duller stretches.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceFlashbacks integrate with scenes from her films, and it becomes difficult to discern between the two -- cinema is equated with memory. Unfortunately, the trippy disorientation ultimately devolves into outright confusion.