Times reviews I Wish

[Michael Kerpan]

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?)



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 From: "Nornes, Markus" <amnornes at umich.edu>
To: KineJapan <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu> 
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Subject: Times reviews I Wish
 
"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."

http://nyti.ms/JmtFe7
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