Review of Ran (1985) by Jay Y — 08 May 2008

There are really pretty colors and samurai charging each other.

This review of Ran (1985) was written by Jay Y on 08 May 2008.

Ran has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Ran

Review of Ran (1985)

By Knox M (462) on 15 Jun 2017

Ran feels like a grand scale play, with grandiose sets and costumes; Kurosawa stages each scene with his superior artistry, but it often feels…

Read Review

Review of Ran (1985)

By Tchaikovsky (11) on 05 Feb 2018

My Akira's Kurosawa's favourite film, in my opinion the most epic film of the director. Its a perfect masterpiece…

Read Review

Review of Ran (1985)

By Alonso A (135) on 21 Dec 2016

Beautifully crafted film and based on one of Shakespear's works…

Read Review

Review of Ran (1985)

By Imthenoob (1,101) on 15 Feb 2019

Not to say that it's a bad movie, I just had a real hard time getting into it…

Read Review

Review of Ran (1985)

By Andrewhord (19) on 29 May 2020

One of my favourite Kurosawa`s films.There is everything deserves to be praised…

Read Review

Review of Ran (1985)

By Andrew O (949) on 14 Nov 2018

There's some truly perfect moments of cinema here, but that doesn't totally hide the fact that, just like its protagonist, it gets more and…

Read Review

Review of Ran (1985)

By Tanner B (443) on 01 Aug 2016

Ran (1985) C-162m. ???? D: Akira Kurosawa. Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Mieko Harada…

Read Review

Review of Ran (1985)

By Kevin H (1,172) on 14 Jan 2019

A masterpiece, sadly only missing Toshiro Mifune; however the film is brilliant in its own right without Kuro's muse…

Read Review

Review of Ran (1985)

By Bartcbem (38) on 06 Aug 2019

An absolute cinematic masterpiece and by far my favorite movie by great visionary Kurosawa…

Read Review

Review of Ran (1985)

By Nico S (196) on 10 Dec 2016

This is one of the most gorgeous movies I've ever seen; and that's not a testament to just the cinematographer but to Akira kurosawa as well…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Jackal (1997)

By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 16 Feb 2008

Scottish director Michael Caton-Jones continues to fritter away the last traces of his talent with this ugly variant on Fred Zinnemann's 1973…

Read Review

Review of Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

By Wesm. (12) on 11 Oct 2007

Pathetic, historically inaccurate and boring. I was totally disappointed…

Read Review

Review of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

By Peter R (400) on 11 Aug 2010

Of all three movies (Sympathy for Mr, Sympathy for Mrs and Oldboy) this is the most harsh…

Read Review

Review of Heart of Darkness (1994)

By Kirby L (12) on 26 Apr 2015

Eccentric British director Nicholas Roeg's adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1899 novella, Heart of Darkness, was a somewhat accurate reflection…

Read Review

Review of The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)

By Thomas K (624) on 21 Jul 2014

In October of 1972 Burton had three films come out in the space of two weeks and though this may have been the best of them nobody remembers…

Read Review

Review of Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)

By Alexandra O (63) on 18 May 2008

A western viewer like myself might find it hard to take the internal moral conflict of the protagonist seriously, given that the highest moral…

Read Review

Review of The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)

By Private U (13,627) on 06 Apr 2008

Rip-roaring adaptation. I actually prefer the 2k2 remake, but the cast in this (particularly the great Louis Jourdan) is superior…

Read Review

Review of Sense and Sensibility (1995)

By Becky B (382) on 07 Oct 2012

Watched about two minutes and didn't like it. I can't stand Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant which really put me off…

Read Review

Review of Daisy Miller (1974)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 28 Oct 1993

The film looks amazing, but the cranked-up acting (complete with the most rapid-fire dialogue Bogdanovich had yet attempted) is tough to bear,…

Read Review

Review of Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

By Broyax (884) on 01 Feb 2023

Un film aberrant et volontiers pontifiant du début à la fin… une sorte de donneur de leçon à la petite semaine, sauf qu’il ne sait…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Parasite

2019

88%251 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Ran

1985

87%683 Reviews

Man on a Ledge

2012

57%757 Reviews

Krrish

2006

66%197 Reviews

Drop Dead Fred

1991

54%516 Reviews

Almost Famous

2000

79%828 Reviews

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

2002

59%664 Reviews

Paycheck

2003

58%612 Reviews

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

1989

75%126 Reviews

Kon-Tiki

2012

70%259 Reviews

Around the Bend

2004

62%151 Reviews