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Cutie and the Boxer

Cutie and the Boxer

Documentary

This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.

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The critical consensus

A bold portrait of artistic dysfunction that you can watch once for its fearless honesty, but maybe not twice.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 27/10/2013

The simple approach teases fascinating parallels between art and marriage: essential to both, it seems, are a thick skin and an optimism verging on madness.

****(*)Simon Kinnear, Total Film, 28/10/2013

Heinzerling's film is an attuned portrait of how mannerisms, in art and life, are built up and challenged; his camera, peeking out at the couple's flat and studios, is inquiring but fond, a silent member of the family.

****(*)Phil Hoad, The Guardian, 31/10/2013

Despite all the colours, beige is the colour that lingers.

**(*)(*)(*)Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little White Lies, 31/10/2013

The director's a fan, but this works best as a portrait of a marriage, as Ushio and nimble wife Noriko rattle around their dank flat trying to keep the love strong as the water drips and the bailiffs thump.

***(*)(*)Catherine Shoard, The Observer, 03/11/2013

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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