Jorge Loser Espinof Oct 1, 2024 5/5

... A chimera in itself, so bizarre that it's disturbing, so extravagant that it becomes more and more valuable with each passing year. [Full review in Spanish]

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Jason Shawhan Nashville Scene Sep 9, 2021

The spiral is always turning, you know, growing outward even as it pulls you in, first by sight, then by thought, and by then far too late.

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Scott Tobias AV Club Oct 19, 2018

Uzumaki progresses like the life cycle of a butterfly, only the subjects begin as human beings and contort into giant snails, powerless to stop their bodies from betraying them.

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Dennis Harvey Variety Feb 11, 2010

Pic duly places less emphasis on narrative than on the sort of surreal set pieces that might have worked better in the graphic-novel form.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Apr 18, 2007

Adapted from a horror comic by Junji Ito, this debut feature from Japanese music-video director Higuchinsky begins eerily but doesn't take long to descend into silliness.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Jun 3, 2006 4/4

A brilliant horror film with an original idea and style to spare.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 12, 2005 2/5

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Mel Valentin Movie-Vault.com Feb 19, 2005 7/10

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Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Jul 11, 2004 3.5/5

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Jovanka Vuckovic Rue Morgue Magazine May 1, 2004 5/5

'Uzumaki is a masterfully rendered living portrait of warped, apocalyptic art...'

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Ross Williams Film Threat Jan 15, 2004 4/5

Mostly the film creates an infectious feeling of apprehension that slowly crawls up your spine.

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Donald J. Levit ReelTalk Movie Reviews Nov 3, 2002

Special effects can be tastefully managed even on a shoestring budget, but here they are merely ludicrous.

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John Petrakis Chicago Tribune Oct 3, 2002 2/4

Gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it's not clear whether we're supposed to shriek or laugh.

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KJ Doughton Nitrate Online Sep 9, 2002

Succumb to its creepy charms, and you'll never see inner-ear anatomy diagrams, umbrellas, or escargot in quite the same way. You might even hand over laundry chores to someone else.

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Jason Anderson eye WEEKLY Aug 26, 2002 4/5

Eerie and slimy enough to give Tim Burton nightmares, Uzumaki is a superb piece of fantasy cinema.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jul 23, 2002 C+

A somewhat satisfying, because of its uniqueness, but ultimately empty horror chiller.

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Mark Rahner Seattle Times Jul 12, 2002 3/4

Required viewing for horror fans, Japanese-cult-cinema fans, and anyone who digs settling in for an unsettling David Lynch evening.

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Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Jul 12, 2002 B+

... not really a story as an inexplicable nightmare, right down to the hallucinatory imagery and the population’s shrugged acceptance to each new horror.

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Jon Lap Apollo Guide Jun 10, 2002 69/100

Uzumaki's interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic seems a prostituted muse...

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Kim Morgan Oregonian May 31, 2002

Beautiful, cold, oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly, a freaky bit of art that's there to scare while we delight in the images.

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