“Itami squeezes Japanese food customs, even as he offers a fondly humorous survey of them.”

“A certain magic exists when two comic talents slide perfectly in sync…”

“… required a far more playful touch.”

“You have to admire the ambition and bonkers vision.”

“… may not be my preferred mode of Bong Joon-Ho, but it’s the mode we need right now.”

“There’s more atmosphere, as well as a spicier mystery…”

“Some beautifully scripted dialogue scenes, nicely performed…”

“A tale of two shots: its first and its last.”

“Gets a lot of mileage out of its surefire premise…”

“…has a paucity of comic imagination that’s timelessly disheartening.”