Eureka

    Eureka
    2000

    Synopsis

    In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.

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    Cast

    • Koji YakushoMakoto Sawai
    • Aoi MiyazakiKozue Tamura
    • Masaru MiyazakiNaoki Tamura
    • Yoichiro SaitoAkihiko
    • Sayuri KokushoYumiko
    • Ken MitsuishiShigeo
    • Yutaka MatsushigeMatsuoka
    • Sansei ShiomiYoshiyuki Sawai
    • Machiko OnoMikiko
    • Eihi ShiinaKeiko Kono

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Boston Globe

      Quiet, powerful, contemplative, respectful of stillness, Eureka is the first film this year in which there is obvious greatness.
    • 88

      New York Daily News

      Wrenching performances and painstaking visual and thematic compositions.
    • 83

      Entertainment Weekly

      Slow -- sometimes maddeningly, soporifically so.
    • 80

      Wall Street Journal

      Eureka demands active attention, but rewards it with emotional resonance, thematic complexity and a succession of images that take up permanent residence in our brains.
    • 80

      TV Guide Magazine

      It's never dull -- beautifully acted and handsomely shot in sepia-toned Cinemascope.
    • 75

      Philadelphia Inquirer

      A work that demands patience, and it will easily exasperate some moviegoers.
    • 75

      Chicago Tribune

      Never feels inflated -- and it builds to an ending of unusual power.
    • 70

      New Times (L.A.)

      Eureka is, quite extraordinarily, never dull.

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