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deftworker
11May12
A great film, shame about the unnecessary coda. A must see for all fans of social realism, and those with families.
jimmylorunning
12Jan12
Most action-packed film in recent history, if by action-packed you mean a million different things happening just under the surface. A moving picture indeed.
William Low
11Jan12
A very realistic and beautiful portrait of a family drama,the theme that is well-mastered by this Japanese auteur. Not a single melodramatic scene is presented here,but yet it feels so deeply emotional. "Somehow in life,you're always just a little late.."
Chris Brown
29Jun11
Beautifully shot, strong acting, and well written. The individual elements were all good but the sum of them made this a very moving film. I ended up really caring about all of the characters and didn't want the film to end because I would miss this family.
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Colin Landon
21May11
There are three threads of Japanese cinema, the most noted being historical epics championed by Kurosawa, Yakuza crime films, and Family dramas like Tokyo Story. Still walking is in the lineage of Tokyo Story and many other films about family dynamics during a family reunion where everyone acts like they get along but they really are far in differences. People might find this film a bit slow and dull to get hooked.
Eggiweggs
6Apr11
This was so breathtakingly beautiful, and every bit of dialogue felt so natural. A truly human motion picture.
geoffreylitt
3Mar11
Great film, complex and moving. Met the director, a nice, extremely humble person.
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msmichel
1Mar11
Though certainly reminiscient of Ozu, Kore-eda makes one of his most humanist films here. Great performances, poignant melodrama and pastoral cinematography make for an entertaining film. Lacks the power of his own work such as "Mabarosi",, "After Life" and "Nobody Knows" but still a major film from a modern auteur.
Patrick Wellinski
24Jan11
Only Japanese cinema can show the everyday beauty of life like this - simple, profound and completely overwhelming;
Zac Zellers
12Aug10
i haven't earnestly watched a 'family drama' until i saw this. 'still walking' is a very genuine and sincere movie. it's as timeless/universal in themes as ozu, while taking place in modern day. i really loved this.
Rossoneri Ultra
4Aug10
“A work of art is not a mirror but a house of mirrors. It is not a tape recording but an echo-chamber of connected, compared, contrasted feelings and points of view.” – Ray Carney This film gets it spot on.
InsertOzuReferencehere
21Apr10
one of those master films that replaces a mans testicles with ovaries very poetic and a great tribute to the universal idea of family ... to which we all can relate (no matter what culture you are from)
Blue K, Custodian of the Cinema
26Feb10
The title, Aruitemo Aruitemo is from the chorus of the song "Blue Light Yokohama" which the mother plays--an enormously popular song every Japanese over 25 or so knows well. When I heard the title, the song immediately came to mind. When I heard the the film was about Yokohama, I KNEW it was a reference to the song. Yet the children in their 40s seem ignorant of it...huh? Is Koreeda catering to a Western audience...?
Dreammaniac
7Jan10
Beautiful delicate film. Simple and moving. A lesson on making movies with little money and great meaning.
Blue K, Custodian of the Cinema
4Dec09
A bit underwhelming considering the hype and Koreeda's superior earlier works... But since the title of the film is derived from my all-time favorite Japanese karaoke number, I'll give it four stars.
incinerrante
5Nov09
Kore-Eda accomplishes a subtle, however deep, family melodrama. It's a film about the ghosts who live among us, who inhabit us, who constitute our very being and, maybe more importantly, the possibilities of our becoming.
Ryan Borja
2Sep09
Elegant for being deceptively simple. The characters are very real and this is without doubt one of the year's best Japanese film.