Top_Dawg_Critic Review of Minamata

Minamata (2020)

Too long, too slow, but well shot, about a story that needed to be told.

[6/10 · 9 June 2021]

This film was well put together, especially considering it was written and directed by novice filmmakers, but had it been better edited, faster paced, and the 115 min runtime trimmed down to no more than 90 mins, I would've enjoyed it more. There was too much filler for the little substance in the story's entirety. It wasn't as moving or engaging as it should've been. The cinematography however, was excellent, and the score on point. The Japanese casting and performances where much better than Depp's typical drunk slurring character's dialogue. It's a good one-time watch, more so as an educational docu-story, rather than anything exciting such as other similar genre "true- story" films.