This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I can't talk about this film without huge spoilers, so if you want to know if you should see the film: Without a doubt, prioritize this film above any other film this year. It is a masterpiece. It is the best of the year. It is Kore-eda's best film. It is a towering work of art. Don't miss this. Please.
This is going to be a long one -- SPOILERS start now!
I'm writing this review an entire day after…
We are what we think. Our lives, that is to say, our ego (our sense of self), are composed of all of the memories from birth until this very moment. We are an amalgamation of everything we have seen, everything we have read, every conversation or interaction we have ever had in our lives. It's how we define ourselves. And, at some point in our lives, we come face to face with the reality that we are changing, and by…
like most Ozu films, the emotion strikes when you are least expecting it to, and manages to absolutely and totally devastate you, albeit in very refined and restrained way. he does so here with a story of the destructive nature of dishonesty, in all of its forms, ravaging a man past his prime and affecting all of those he comes into contact with. and while the nature of the film could be sometimes very depressing and sad, Ozu also offsets…
lowkey might be one of the most beautiful looking films ever made. Absolutely stunning photography. Hot damn. Technicolor really was all that.
i’m being generous because this is based on my favorite book of all time, but this was pretty rough. it felt like a first draft - some really nice ideas, but just not really executed well.
Aitch Alberto is fine director, and you can tell she had somewhat of a vision here, but her script is unfortunately really messy and hollow. Felt like someone else should have written the script tbh. and while i tried to not compare it to…
in THE BEST number from the broadway show, which was cut from this incredibly unnecessary film adaptation, there is a line:
“if that’s what it is, then that’s what it is, at least until Disney can rewrite it”
And while Disney didn’t produce this saccharine sweet, bastardized knock off of the original broadway show, it sure as hell feels that way. this film succeeds (its only success) in doing what the musical actively fights against: being a watered down, amateur,…
