To me, this movie is perfection.

The acting in this movie is really good.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Dolls is a visual poem, a large haiku of three parts that walks across the four seasons. A beautiful movie that takes it's time to seduce us with suggestive images and touch us with both daily and transcendental situations. Takeshi Kitano, responsible for movies like Hana-bi and Zatoichi, decides to tell three stories simultaneously, charged with feelings and metaphors, subtleties, suggestive scenes and shots, and a strong and profound idea of the connection between all beings.An outstanding and beautiful movie, 3 depressing tales, everything connected by mysterious forces.

If you are a sensitive, emphatic person, you might love this movie. It creates this most real and delightful moments, where you cry and laugh at the same time. Very rare and full of emotional, human depth. Not for people who think in Dual-code, but for those with quanta-think-ability. Its the energy of the movie, which catches me the most and i can not exactly explain why. For me this is Kitanos best movie. I thought, that the purple leaves are not real, but when i went to Japan, i discovered, that they are even more beautiful in reality. The deeper Topic of the movie is Choice and Destiny... Do we have a choice or are we just Dolls in the Hands of a higher Being, or maybe both at the same time..?

Matsumoto (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and Sawako (Miho Kanno) are in deep love for each other. When the president of the company where Matsumoto works "selects" him to marry his daughter, Matsumoto's parents force him to accept the engagement. On the wedding day, Matsumoto is informed that Sawako has attempted to commit suicide and is slow and catatonic in a clinic. Matsumoto feels guilty, and takes Sawako out of the clinic; his decision affects their lives.The old Yakuza boss Hiro (Tatsuya Mihashi) misses his girlfriend from thirty years ago that has promised to wait for him in a park while he would chase success. When Hiro visits the park, he sees her on the bench where they used to meet each other.The pop-star Haruna Yamagushi (Kyôko Fukada) has an obsessive fan called Nukui (Tsutomu Takeshige) that stalks her. After a car accident, Nukui makes a decision to be close to his beloved idol."Dolls" is a sad and depressive movie based on the Japanese Puppet Theater Bunraku that tells three tales of guilt and eternal love. Each tragic love story is disclosed in a very slow pace and supported by stunning cinematography and excellent direction and performances. Takeshi Kitano has also a magnificent work promoting the culture of his country overseas. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Dolls"

***SPOILER*** Takeshi Kitano proves himself a multifaceted filmmaker with this tragicomic look at the debilitating power of love. While love is the one real tie that binds (in the case of the co-dependent couple here, quite literally- or metaphorically, depending on how one chooses to look at it), Kitano never loses sight of the fact that it's also a symbiotic sadness that permeates the soul. Ambrose Beirce, if memory serves, once referred to love as "a temporary madness." Moving moments are allowed to run their course on screen, to the often bitter end(s). (The finale lends new weight to the phrase "the old ball and chain." Though it leaves you hanging, it doesn't...) Another fine example of Neo-Asian art.