Metacritic Movie Ratings
Memoirs of a Geisha Reviews

3.0

54

out of 100

Metascore®
Mixed or average reviews
Based on a weighted average of all critic review scores.

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

  • 80

    out of 100

    VarietyTodd McCarthy

    From a filmmaking point of view, this is a work that the old Hollywood moguls themselves would have been proud to present.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

    Here is a film about Japan made by Americans, shot mostly in the U.S. and, of course, in English. Once you accept these compromises in the name of international filmmaking, none is a real deterrent to enjoying this lush period film.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

    Spanning two decades and a momentous war, Memoirs of a Geisha displays all the pomp and grandeur of an epic, but you wouldn't call it sweeping.

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  • 63

    out of 100

    USA TodayClaudia Puig

    Memoirs of a Geisha is like a sumptuous piece of silk: stunning yet ultimately flimsy. You wish it were more like a kimono, richly woven, multilayered and more substantial.

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  • 63

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

    I object to the movie not on sociological grounds but because I suspect a real geisha house floated on currents deeper and more subtle than the broad melodrama on display here.

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  • 58

    out of 100

    Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

    Not since "Snow Falling on Cedars" have I seen so pedigreed a lit-pic sit there like such an inert teapot, available only to be admired for its mysterious, ineffable Asian teapotness.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    The New York TimesManohla Dargis

    Mr. Marshall can't rescue the film from its embarrassing screenplay or its awkward Chinese-Japanese-Hollywood culture klatch, but Memoirs of a Geisha is one of those bad Hollywood films that by virtue of their production values nonetheless afford a few dividends, in this case, fabulous clothes and three eminently watchable female leads.

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