The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Masquerade Hotel
Crime · Mystery · 2019
A serial (3) killer leaves a GPS code of his next target with each victim - this time Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. A detective goes undercover as hotel staff - haircut, manners etc.
Movie details
Masquerade Hotel
2019 Crime · Mystery 2h 13m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.7 / 10
Community rating
A serial (3) killer leaves a GPS code of his next target with each victim - this time Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. A detective goes undercover as hotel staff - haircut, manners etc.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Masquerade Hotel?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Masayuki Suzuki
Written by
Michitaka Okada
Takuya Kimura
Kosuke Nitta
Masami Nagasawa
Naomi Yamagishi
Takako Matsu
Yoko Katagiri / Maki Nagakura
Fumiyo Kohinata
Kazuhiko Nose
Zen Kajihara
Masaharu Motomiya
Nanao
Eriko Anno
Yuki Izumisawa
Takuma Sekine
Court is in session
Put Masquerade Hotel on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.