New York Times "...Buoyantly free in form....[Itami] never stops trying. A funny sensibility is at work...?" 03/26/1987 p.C21New York Times Included in the New York Times "10 Best Films of 1987" 12/27/1987 p.II, 23 Variety "...A thoroughly offbeat but most enjoyable comedy on the subject of food....It confirms Itami as a genuinely original comic talent..." 09/03/1986 Los Angeles Times "...What's delightfully unsettling about TAMPOPO is its lubricious mix of the sensual and the satiric..." 06/24/1987 p.C1 Entertainment Weekly "...An elusive search for the perfect noodle..." 11/28/2003 p.106 |