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Jan 27, 2011
90
It's by far the funniest and warmest movie Araki has ever made, with much less juvenile angst and much more command of his craft.
Jan 27, 2011
83
Kaboom is pure fantasy in every sense of the word: It's a riff on sexy, sassy teen movies and conspiracy thrillers that at times seems to exist only so Araki can get his beautiful young cast to strip off their clothes and pair off in every conceivable combination, just as he used to do in his earlier, more scandalous films.
Jan 28, 2011
80
It's all goofy stuff, played for laughs, but it's clear we've been catapulted into a world where things are not quite right.
Jan 29, 2011
80
The movie ends abruptly-too abruptly for my taste-but the gaiety lingers through the closing credits. Not even apocalypse can dispel the sexy vibes.
Feb 3, 2011
80
Araki lets his absurdist imagination run wild, and Kaboom takes the time-honored gambit of gradually revealing that nothing is as it seems to delightfully cockamamie extremes.
Jan 28, 2011
75
Araki constructs the hot-blooded Kaboom as a high-wire act without a safety net. Go with it.
Mar 3, 2011
75
Kaboom lets Araki play with carnality as opposed to cautioning against it.
Apr 7, 2011
75
A film with enough sexy one-liners to tempt Mae West from the grave.
Jan 25, 2011
70
Kaboom does have an excellent punchline, although even at 86 minutes it feels too long-mainly because Araki can't help letting his camera linger over his performers. Hard to blame him-he's assembled the best-looking cast in town and it's largely his gaga appreciation that makes the movie so much fun.
