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  Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★½ 9

  something very charming about an old man that only cares about one thing, even if he seems to be kinda shitty outside the one thing

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  Review by Avery Edison ★★★★

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  the reveal that it was his son who made sushi for the first michelin reviewers was like a magic trick, I loved it

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  Review by danielm ★★★½ 5

  As a culture, we don’t put a lot of stock in the pursuit of mastery. Sure, we’ll cheer for Michael Jordan and clap for Yo Yo Ma, but if we can find some way to destroy you (Tiger Woods, anyone?) we will. It seems, eventually, that the pursuit of mastery is some sort of threat on our tendencies toward the mediocre. This is where we find ourselves.

  Enter Jiro. Jiro is the best sushi maker in the world. Really. He has no other passions, no other drives. He is 100% devoted to the pursuit of mastery in his field. It’s something you don’t see every day and, more importantly, something to aspire to.

  This movie isn’t about how the world…

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  Review by Trevor ★★★ 1

  Jiro should dream of getting some bitches

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  Review by SuperBardiBros ★★★★ 1

  I watched this on the plane, eating a pre-packaged meal from American Airlines, and I felt like the biggest piece of shit.

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  Review by Twan ★★★★

  Jiro looks like a cool tortoise.

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  Review by Ciara ★★★★ 6

  Stylistically, this is a fairly conventional documentary. It features a lot of talking heads and voice overs, is way too heavy handed in the transitions department, and could have done with a better cinematographer, especially outside the restaurant.

  However, Jiro Dreams of Sushi overcomes some of the mundane techniques with its fascinating subject matter and its adept handling of the narrative.

  Jiro's restaurant is in a subway station in Japan. If you want to eat there, be prepared to reserve several weeks (at least) in advance. It is about the art of making sushi, the man who makes the best, the men he has trained for years (in some cases, decades), the relationship between fathers and sons, and Japanese society,…

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  Review by DIREKTIONZ ★★½ 7

  The topic makes this film. Who doesn’t love Sushi? Well, some, but that’s not the point— these people wouldn’t watch this in the first place, anyway. Jiro Dreams of Sushi just does one thing very right, it documents Jiro Ono and his restaurant, but it doesn’t go much further or any further, I would argue. There was a lot of potential for a much more philosophical film about parenthood, influences and work. How you want to spend your life, what you want to do with your life and what’s important in life.

  Jiro Ono himself was terribly influenced by his father and thrown out of this home by the age of 9 to search work, which heavily shaped who Jiro…

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  Review by Eliza ★★★★ 1

  Excited for the sequel, Jiro Has Nightmares of Sushi

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  Review by russman ★★★★

  I've always wanted to eat octopus Oldboy style

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  Review by Paul Elliott ★★★½ 4

  After an early sequence explaining how sushi became internationally popular, David Gelb’s profile on master sushi culinarian Jiro Ono, proprietor of the Michelin three-star restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro, evolves with a gracefulness of pacing. Jiro’s general life philosophy is just to do one thing but to do it expertly, and the continual footage of him preparing sushi, which Gelb presents in a variety of ways from slow-motion to time-lapse, is almost spiritual. The energising film offers a striking glimpse of a hard-working master, and the topic of the documentary enables plenty of opportunities to escape the conventional talking heads aspect of factual filmmaking. The sushi restaurant incredibly has only a seating capacity of ten, and it requires booking at least one month in advance. It's beautifully shot, and Gelb keeps things straightforward, which ultimately underscores that the majesty in Jiro Ono's sushi is principally in its simplicity.

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  Review by jgarron ★★★★½ 2

  While watching this there were two things going through my head. The first was a quote said by Paul Newman in The Hustler, "You know, like anything can be great, anything can be great. I don't care, BRICKLAYING can be great, if a guy knows. If he knows what he's doing and why and if he can make it come off." This applies perfectly to this film. I had put this film off for a while based on the fact that I have no real interest in the culinary arts or especially sushi, yet this film really opened my eyes and made me appreciate the art and beauty of something as simple as making sushi. Like the quote above says,…