
A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.... (Full plot summary below)
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A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.
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| Movie HabitMarty MapesHas a mind-blowing scene at its climax that takes the whole movie to set up |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThrough a barrage of fragmented images of lurid events, escalating hysteria and sheer madness, Sono holds up a cracked mirror to modern life, inspiring the viewer to think with unexpected seriousness about what it means to be a human being. |
| L.A. WeeklyJames C. TaylorIt’s telling that the freshest portions of Noriko’s Dinner Table are the flashbacks to Sono’s previous film. |
| Time OutRaven SnookThis meditation on loneliness and the definition of family is a lot less bloody—though no less fascinating—than its predecessor. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxNeither a prequel nor a sequel. Nor is it really much of a horror movie: It's a bizarre, bloody family drama that puts its predecessor into a larger social context. |
| Filmcritic.comNorm Schragerpart investigative mystery, part cultist drama, and you can pretty much guess where it's all going |
| New York TimesMatt Zoller SeitzThis 159-minute feature doesn't quite cohere. Mr. Sono's direction is haphazard; he oversells the first half's whimsical touches and the second half's spiral-of-doom emoting. Still, the movie is worth seeing, if only to experience a small story with impossibly grand ambitions. |
| VarietyLeslie FelperinAlthough told through a cascade of flashes forward and back, the puzzle doesn't quite form a complete picture by the end, which may leave genre fans frustrated but the arthouse crowd intrigued. |
| Village VoiceCharles PetersenThere's not nearly enough blood to keep fans of "Suicide Club," or the rest of us, happy. |
| Los Angeles CityBeatAndy KleinThere is some excessive gore near the end, but, still, this is one of the best films I've seen this year. |