<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Nice to see this lovely film getting any sort of release in the US. (I wonder whether this will get screened outise NYC and LA?)<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "Nornes, Markus" <amnornes@umich.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> KineJapan <KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 11, 2012 8:27 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Times reviews I Wish<br> </font> </div> <br>
"The nominal story involves Koichi’s belief ― he heard it, so it must be right ― that wishes come true for those who stand in a certain spot in front of two passing trains. Marshaling some friends and coordinating with Ryunosuke, he heads off to wish for his family to be reunited, a grand adventure that is more persuasive in its emotional reverberations than in its practical details. That scarcely matters and soon becomes beside the point of Mr. Kore-eda’s gift for carefully excavating deep emotions that his characters cannot express or may not be conscious of. “I Wish” tends toward the vaporous and not just because of its volcano; but whenever its children are on screen, lighted up with joy or dimmed by hard adult truths, the film burns bright."<br><br>http://nyti.ms/JmtFe7<br><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>