Ueda... manages to reinvigorate two of the most tired tropes cluttering our media landscape: art as meta commentary on art, and explosive diarrhea.

One Cut of the Dead isn't just charming. It's an earnest and funny love letter to all the microbudget dreamers who use all their heart and ingenuity to make their movie.

You have to want to invest in his characters in order for One Cut of the Dead to really take off.

The film’s 3rd act breathes new life into any elements that previously felt lacking. What starts as a slog ends as a heart-warming triumph of originality, and a reaffirmation that there is still more life to be squeezed from the found footage subgenre.