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Linda Linda Linda

2005

Nobuhiro Yamashita

Bae Doona, Aki Maeda, Yu Kashii, Masahiro Komoto ...

7.0

289

Comedy. Drama. Musical Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei (Yu Kashii), drummer Kyoto (Aki Maeda of Battle Royale), and bassist Nozumi (Shiori Sekine) must recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose an unlikely Korean exchange student Son (Doona Bae of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance), even though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It’s a race against time as the group struggles to learn three tunes for the ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"One of this year's most unexpected pleasures"
		G. Allen Johnson SFGATE	"An extremely well-written, emotionally complex coming-of-age tale"
		Dennis Harvey Variety	"Evincing no enthusiasm for youth pic conventions, and no new ideas either, pic is likely to disappoint even the least discerning J-pop consumers at home and abroad."
		Wesley Morris Boston Globe	"The sluggish haze between extracurricular activities is exquisitely captured and framed, then patiently edited. Every shot feels like a gift."
		Rob Humanick Slant	"[Its] moderate adherence to formula is its one truly limiting quality, but even the traditional plotting tactics feel rather subdued and almost natural as a result of the sensitive evocation of time and place (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

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