It's a bloody 90 minute long music video! Nonstop guitar riffs, constant slow motion, so many kewl shots and crappy effects. Ugh.

The initial premise was clever: a teacher, suspecting that some of her students were behind the murder of her daughter, confronts them in strangely relaxed and detached manner. It's an eerie setup for what could have been an original thriller but after that it just gets beyond stupid. Bits and pieces were still well written, like the exchange teacher who wants to be everyones bro but has no clue what's going on, but overall I'm starting to question why I bother with Japanese cinema at all.

Oh how I love revenge flicks. This is pretty damn cool, a teacher's daughter is murdered by one of her students and she sets out to make their life as hellish as hers now is. Matsu is great in the lead, an evil bitch that's also so emotionally fragile, and it has some wonderful child actors. The young boy killer was superbly demented. I did think it was all over the damn place and I had trouble keeping track of who's who, I'm not saying because they're Asian but it doesn't help. Also, although it has a ton of style and is shot really well with great effects, it's kind of overdone. I mean, the last five minutes could be a Skrillex video.

I watched Confessions not knowing at all what it was about and got completely creeped out with how eeriely calm this highly intriguing drama unfolds. This film is very disturbing and while it does include a fair amount of viciously violent scenes the true reason behind how disturbing it is is purely psychological and HOW refreshing to get a proper and well-thought out psychological thriller crafted in such a meticulous fashion.

One more thing has to be said about the opening scene (the first 25ish minutes) as it consists almost entirely of a single monologue and with its absolutely brilliant use of music this works incredibly well and sets the tone for the rest of the film perfectly.

Although over directed (how many times can you put slow motion rain into a bloody film!!!) it's a tense, unpredictable, heartkicking bunch of great. Takako Matsu gives an incredible performance part vengeful bitch part sympathetic crushed soul. If you can see it without knowing too much you'll be gripped and shocked
from the very start, read the synopsis and it kills the first 20 minutes of the film. It's not for everyone, if your looking for happy happy people, with happy happy lifes with no sign of gloom then walk on by and go watch a Jennifer Aniston movie.

Well, I guess I'm on my own here. Not that I hated it, I just didn't see the greatness that everybody else is seeing in this. Maybe I wasn't in the mood, but I'm sure as hell not giving it another chance.

My, how it dragged.

One of the best movies I've seen in my time, not only does this film toy with your emotions, but it's also clever with a good concrete plot. The theme of the movie is revenge and it definitely does not lack it. I recommend this movie, it's entertaining and has an amazing story to it. Don't be an idiot and be too lazy to read subtitles. You won't regret watching such an amazing film.

Ich wollte diesen hochgelobten Film ja lieben. Nur leider ging das nicht wirklich.

Die Eröffnungsszene ist wirklich super, nur hätte sich der Film danach ändern müssen. Danach werden noch ne handvoll ähnliche Szenen gezeigt und man merkt langsam welchen Plan die Frau wirklich verfolgt hat und was die 2 Kinder so wollten.

Das ist super gemacht und auch super eingefangen, aber in meinen Augen total emotionslos. Ich habe hier mit keiner Person mitfühlen können, da alles total gefühlskalt rüberkam. Das finde ich echt schade, weil wenn ich nichts fühle, packt mich auch kein Film.

Schade, schade, schade. Trotzdem guter Film, aber in meinen Augen überbewertet.

this movie is a PERFECTION

最震耳欲聾的寂靜、懲戒以及，真相。

Overlong and convoluted thriller which starts promisingly and then descends into hysterical melodrama. Nobody behaves in a believable way as events spiral towards their contrived conclusion.

On the flip-side, I applaud its moral ambiguity and the completely unsentimental way it portrays teenagers. The most interesting and troubling thing for me was the fact that the adults and children are equally as spiteful and odious. I found myself sympathizing with the boys and questioning the morality of a vengeance that neither deserved (if we take the stance that juveniles are as yet cognitively incomplete and shouldn't be judged in adult terms).

The film looks great, but its over-stylised, music video appearance starts to grate after a while. I do think it works, however, as a critique of modern Japanese society and the shallowness of its youth culture.

A brilliant starting point that slowly fades away as the movie spins over itself again and again.

Well, I guess I'm on my own here. Not that I hated it, I just didn't see the greatness that everybody else is seeing in this. Maybe I wasn't in the mood, but I'm sure as hell not giving it another chance.

My, how it dragged.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

It's a bloody 90 minute long music video! Nonstop guitar riffs, constant slow motion, so many kewl shots and crappy effects. Ugh.

The initial premise was clever: a teacher, suspecting that some of her students were behind the murder of her daughter, confronts them in strangely relaxed and detached manner. It's an eerie setup for what could have been an original thriller but after that it just gets beyond stupid. Bits and pieces were still well written, like the exchange teacher who wants to be everyones bro but has no clue what's going on, but overall I'm starting to question why I bother with Japanese cinema at all.