Review of Tomie (1998) by Nosferatuneko — 07 May 2008

Started off OK but I quickly lost interest. No idea how the rest of the series fares compared to this.

This review of Tomie (1998) was written by Nosferatuneko on 07 May 2008.

Tomie has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Mel W (39) on 12 Dec 2008

Tomie is an interesting concept that fails to reach its potential. Not very violent but some interesting scenes…

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By Melanie S (250) on 18 Dec 2007

Bad direction kills this otherwise promising premise…

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By Michael F (1,296) on 09 Aug 2007

Eh. has some interesting moments, beyond that, not much here…

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By Luke B (1,067) on 06 May 2009

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By Kevin K (803) on 02 Nov 2007

Kind of slow, and the end made no sense to me... :(…

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By Jarod S (13) on 01 Aug 2004

Another weird Japanese horror movie and I'm starting to see a trend. They like to make their movie villians women…

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By Harley P (40) on 07 Feb 2018

A decent movie that doesn't give the incredible, frightening and unique comics justice…

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Brilliant use of time and silence to build tension, a minimalist obscure horror/slasher-like film that's surely one of J-horror's finest…

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This movie is interesting because is like somthing new I never see one movie like this…

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