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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90TheWrapNicholas BarberTheWrapNicholas BarberPerfect Days has plenty of amusing scenes and plenty of touching ones, but it would be stretching the definitions to describe it as either a comedy or a drama.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe director has crafted a film of deceptive simplicity, observing the tiny details of a routine existence with such clarity, soulfulness and empathy that they build a cumulative emotional power almost without you noticing.
- 83IndieWireSiddhant AdlakhaIndieWireSiddhant AdlakhaIt builds, in the process, to a stunning and genuinely moving crescendo.
- 83The PlaylistRafaela Sales RossThe PlaylistRafaela Sales RossFrustration is quickly diluted in service of reinforcing the central character’s enlightenment, a repeating arc that muddles the refined treatment of the film’s accompanying themes.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriYour cousin could have written this movie. But maybe only Wenders could have directed it. He has the sensitivity to shoot the seesawing depths of Yakusho’s face. He has the eye to capture the elegant and diverse architecture of Tokyo’s public bathrooms.
- 70Screen DailyJonathan RomneyScreen DailyJonathan RomneyFor all its poetic charm, this is a slender work that comes across as something of a ’mindfulness movie’, in a faintly self-satisfied vein.
- 68The Film VerdictStephen DaltonThe Film VerdictStephen DaltonPerfect Days turns out to be a surprisingly charming, haunting, moving work with deliberate echoes of Japanese cinema legend Yasujiro Ozu.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawI found something a little too subdued in this film, though the evocation of Tokyo itself is very uncliched, despite the emphasis on something that is the subject of so many touristy jokes: the loos. Not perfect, but engaging enough.
- 60Time OutPhil de SemlyenTime OutPhil de SemlyenBeautiful acted by Japanese veteran Yakusho, it’s a character study with real depth. Maybe not top tier Wenders, but still one to linger over.