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sea-of-ether

19Mar12

There were some incredibly sweet moments throughout the film, but I was left feeling depressed. I still recommend it though.

Nathan.

5Sep11

I really liked this, it started off really cute Bae Doona is amazing. As hand-fed as some of the themes are it actually works well. One of the final scenes reminds me of the last episode of EVA.

Josh Tierney

27Jun11

Has this been released on a region-free or NA DVD/Blu-ray yet?

Amy

4May11

I wonder why they changed the still of the film.

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Tyler Aikens

23Nov11

This one is WAY hotter.

brown

2May11

Nice film. Not a sleazy film as the image and synopsis might suggest.

Even if the narrative backbone of the film is very thin, the visual depiction of the characters is very subtle and compelling. I went along with the slow pace of the film. I didn't need to know or understand. It was like reading a haiku. One simple word suffices. I felt the same with this film.

S. Polónio

29Mar11

A little unfocused compared to the other Koreeda films, but still entertaining and beautiful to look at.

Arturo López

23Mar11

No he tenido oportunidad de verla de nuevo. Pero digamos que cuando la vi no quería que terminara. Es exagerada de principio a fin, tal como me gustan y siempre me han gustado las películas. En la escena del cumpleaños derramé un par de lágrimas. Ojo con el chiste de Bad Lieutenant y Takeshi Kitano.

filmbot

23Oct10

Don't know about you, but to me, it felt too Gondryan

zazie

23Sep10

Kore-Eda did a good job capturing the subtle and not-so-subtle moments of this very clever script; however, the film in general seemed somewhat fragmented.

muhammad sabiq

18Sep10

soundtracknya oke bok' sayang, waktu lagi nonton film bagian akhir dvdnya rusak. bikin rusak mood buat nonton, rusak loading di otak tentang cerita film. pembentukan momentumnya jadi terhenti. ah ! kapok deh nonton film yg kayak gini hasil beli bajakan (curcol)

InsertOzuReferencehere

15Sep10

Everyone has a bad day ... Even the great Hirokazu Kore-Eda! Possibly his cinematic interests and priorities has changed now, this may open his work up to a different audience (yet sadly pull him away from his old).

tachyon

23Jul10

There was not enough interesting plot development to keep this film propelling forward, which is too bad because it had a lot of potential.

Blue K, Custodian of the Cinema

18Jul10

Not even Bae Du-na's considerable charms and near-perfect derrière can save this film from wallowing in mediocrity. Koreeda has officially jumped the shark!

Ottori Tekki Chan

28Jun10

i wish i can have my own air doll.. the cute one like my king hyde sama HAIL HYDE.. i can play him all night long fufufufufu *pervert grin*

Vicky Portauger

25Jun10

Well, the beginning was very good, the idea and the message that the movie conveys was interesting and poetic but my gosh the end was way too long and too bad ! It gave me the impression the movie was too short and that Kore-Eda had to fill the last minutes with...nothing ! Very disappointing in the end...that's a pity, I was very enthousiastic first...

sharunasbresson

6Jun10

I'm baffled and disappointed. Never expected that the most sensitive of directors, capable of describing the persistence of mourning and loss without a single explicit word like in maborosi, could make such a preaching and verbose movie. and the camera is floating endlessly with no purpose. I really can't recognise Koreeda here. to me After life was naif in the best possible way; this is naif in the worst!

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Miike T

5May10

Stralunato, delicato, mai morboso nonstante le premesse. Una riflessione sul senso della vita leggera come l'aria che riempie il corpo di Nozomi, bambola che si rianima e scopre la bellezza nascosta nella vita di tutti i giorni. E anche il suo lato grigio, la solitudine e l' indifferenza che inavvertitamente ci impediscono di apprezzare il dono dell'esistenza. Triste e speranzoso allo stesso tempo, non il miglior film di Koreeda (io continuo a preferirgli "After Life"), ma pur sempre un'opera di buonissimo livello e impreziosita dalla fantastica performance di Bae Doo-na, vecchia conoscenza del cinema coreano di alto livello (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Barking dogs never bite).

IA

3May10

Air Doll's cute/salacious premise is belied by its slugged tone--even the normal characters are apathetic to the point of abnormality. Reading the film for ideas is the wrong way to go when the film's real lift is in the cold luminosity of its images, which culminate in the tragic detachment of its ending.

Kwame

26Apr10

Air Doll succeeds in establishing it's premise, exploring it's universe and it's laws. Nozomi is a useful device for commentary. She is our own consumer culture staring back at us. The other characters are fascinated by escapist media and technological distractions. But Nozomi has a puerile interest in reality, and through her earnestness the audience is given a renewed interest in humanity.