Based on 1724 votes and 159 reviews.
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA IS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR!!! THIS FILM IS BEAUTIFUL & SEXY!!!
This could have been a more enjoyable movie if it was reduced from 144 minutes to about 95 minutes. Simply too long and as a result, painfully boring! I could not wait to see the credits rolling.
i think the movie was quite good, definately worth seeing in the theatre....first off, the book was a fiction, so i dun think it`s fair to hold the movie against history, secondly, north american act as british/ european people all the time (and vice versa)...i see absolutely no problem seeing asians(chinese) playing as asians (japanese)...it only tests one`s acting skill over all, a well done movie...very artistic in feeling...the last part was not as well done tho...anyways...enjoy..
Great Movie. All the people complaining about Chinese actresses playing Japanes characters probably saw absolutely nothing wrong in the past when third rate American actors played German officers in all the WWII flicks. Why does nationality suddenly matter? This is great story, beautifully acted and movingly conveyed. Hope she gets an Oscar.
Honestly, to the people that complain about a Chinese actress playing a Japanese character in a MOVIE - Go vent your frustrations and cry me a river... Or simply get a life. She is well-known, has trained for the part, and probably beat out other Japanese actresses who just couldn`t cut it in an adaptation of the original novel. The book was AMAZING and deserves a quality cast - which they got. It`s HOLLYWOOD and like every other blockbuster, they need star power. And the actress who plays the main character has it. I was lucky to have seen this movie before it was released in theaters and it more than met my expectations. So props out to the
To the person who commented below: why would a Japanese actress playing a Japanese woman in a movie set in Japan have to be able to speak Chinese? In other words, that should never have been a requirement, especially since the film is in English. So there goes your theory of why three Chinese women were hired to play Japanese women. Duh.
I think those who object to a chinese playing a japanese role should just simply not watch the movie, instead of raging about it. It is very hard to find a beautiful asian who can dance and somewhat speak proper english, in fact, not alot of japanese girls can speak chinese, and on top of that be able to dance beautifully. Zhang Ziyi capture just what exactly the director wants to capture from the novel, she has taken lessons to dance in the past, so why don`t you people just drop it or just not watch it if you are so against it. and just leave it for the rest of the people who will enjoy this movie and not complain about little things like
Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring........ :(
Amasing movie! just as I imagined it while reading the book!
I loved the film.The actors and actresses transmitted their charactes very close to reality. I really enjoyed it. It`s nice to see movies like this and not like other awful movies out there.