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Can you think a movie is good, important, and meaningful without knowing if you "liked" it?
I went into this movie knowing absolutely nothing about the plot, other than the fact that it was about an older couple where the wife gets a stroke.
The movie is very minimalistic stylistically—there is no background music, scenes are long and don't have too many cuts, and the plot moves forward at a slow pace. Still, each scene has a meaning. Blink, and…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Decided to watch a random movie that came across my Youtube home page, and was pleasantly surprised!
The movie follows Hiromi, an 11-year-old Japanese girl who has a delightful Schnauzer named Junkers. I think it is best to go into this movie with very little knowledge because my experience of learning that this was a movie about a talking dog who grants wishes was so fun.
Overall, this movie was well done. The voice actors were great, the pacing…
If there is one thing Taiwan does well, it is creating nostalgic films that make the viewer contemplative and somewhat sad. And as someone who's watched a lot of Taiwanese films, I wasn't necessarily surprised by any of the choices or plot devices in this movie; I probably could have told you the entire story before I watched it, but it was familiar in a good way.
The movie's strengths are definitely the cinematography and attention to detail. It takes…
Well-made movie that doesn’t hit the audience over the head with the message. A little slow at parts, and the characters aren’t as humanized/“honest” as I would’ve liked, but I would watch it again!
Main character is a girl who makes one bad decision and ends up going to jail. After she comes out, everyone in the neighborhood treats her differently and she decides to move out and become a nomad, moving every time she makes the amount she was…
