In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Aww, this is a tricky one. As you can see from the rating I have given this film I did not like it at all. However, writing a bad review for it just seems kind of, y'know, wrong. It feels like kicking a puppy. But the truth of the matter is that I more-or-less hated this film.The combination of wafer-thin story and characters, with the awful special effects and annoying humour meant that I struggled to find anything redeeming at all. Even the presence of a lingerie model (Sato Eriko) in the title role surprisingly didn't make much difference either. While pretty, she was just too asexual. I guess this is a movie aimed primarily at a younger audience and perhaps that's why I just didn't get it. It reminded me of the Power Rangers. And this was not a good thing. This was a bad thing.I suppose it helps if you are well-versed in all things Anime to truly appreciate what they were trying to do with this film. It is very comic-like. And it certainly doesn't take itself seriously; in fact it almost came across like it might be a parody of the genre. Although I really think that ultimately they would have been better making an animated version of this rather than a weak live-action interpretation. It was probably done this way purely to showcase the cuteness of Sato Eriko. I suppose if she rocks your boat then this movie might offer something.But as I said earlier I derive no pleasure in slagging this movie off for some reason. I guess I would like to say at least one kind thing about it but this is just an impossible task for me sadly. Watching it was painful and to be honest I thought it was completely rubbish.

I am speechless. I thought this movie will be completely a waste of time. I mean, look at the bad guys.They look so funny and I even laughed when I saw Cutie Honey running in the streets covering her body with a trash bag. The movie was silly but it really delivers entertainment. The ending was not okay, the beginning of the movie it started well and in the middle, medium and in the end you get your treat. But I didn't get bored, better than Casshern. I recommend this movie. But I never saw the anime. I just went directly to the movie, but I understood the story. You gotta love those movies. Now my favourite characters are Gold Claw, Scarlet Claw and Cobalt Claw. Black Claw was good but he is a singer which annoyes me.

I remember seeing posters for this in the weeks leading to the cinema release, and well ... Cutey Honey's outfit is pretty darn cute .. I have a figurine on my window that I got with a box of fizzy candy - much to my girlfriend's ire.Next to ninja's, cute chic's in revealing armour highly rate with me, so I was instantly intrigued. I was familiar with the source material, and the the director (of Evangellion and Nadia fame) and I knew that this film had a very unique visual style, but I still wasn't prepared for what I witnessed when I finally put the disc in the slot and hit play.This film IS Live Action Anime to the Nth degree! It lives and breaths anime craziness, and over the top silliness. Honey's facial expressions are something straight out of an SD anime. From the opening scene this film is an anime joy - yet live action.It's a nutty film, and it had me chuckling constantly. I would love to show this to friends of mine, but I know they'd look at me strangely and try and lock me away. Cutey Honey won't be appreciated by everyone, but I think that anime fans, with an open mind will really dig this film.In the back of my mind a voice told me that I was not supposed to like this film, but try as it did, it couldn't pull me away. I was hooked .. right until the end.It's strange that .. on first look, and without proper perspective, this film look bad. Everyone over-acts, and there are more butt and cleavage shots than you can shake a stick at - very much an exploitative fan service vehicle. Many viewers I assume would get so many bad Power Ranger flash backs that it'd hard for them to keep watching.Watch it in the right context however and you will see genius! Well maybe that is taking it too far, but Hideaki Anno and the team that worked on this film should be praised for creating the closest live-action rendition of anime I have ever seen. It has all the ingredients, crazy over the top expressions, a VERY cute scantily clad girl, and ultra-surreal bad-guys, including bondage'ish outfits and an androgynous male villain.It's all there. Until I find out later down the track that the film contained subliminal hypnotising messages, I will say that I really liked this film, but that I still can't really work out why I did so much. Cutey Honey is for anime fans, and I think anyone else would struggle a little to accept this film's wild personality.Killion

I have to go with the other posters. This was the most amazing and revolutionary action-adventure I have seen since "Road Warrior" way back when! Yes, maybe I sound like a nut after saying that, but the energy from the Fantasia Festival debut of this movie has convinced that I am not insane after all. "Cutie Honey" (the most unlikely action-film title I ever heard or could imagine) deserves to go down in film history as one of the greatest action-adventures of all time. For instance it's 10X better than the Lethal Weapon series, and Quentin Tarantino only wishes he had the talent to create a film like this (rather than steal it).Then again, since "Hollywood" denigrates films like this? I am not sure what its fate will be. But if it got a US release it could revolutionize the US film industry like nothing people have seen. In the meantime I only hope anyone reading this has a chance to see this amazing film.It's that F'N good.,