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I Wish

Kiseki (I Wish)

2011

Hirokazu Koreeda

Ohshirô Maeda, Koki Maeda, Hiroshi Abe, Jô Odagiri ...

6.8

1,997

Drama. Comedy In his latest film the Japanese master Hirokazu Koreeda takes a close look at the world of childhood to tell the story of Koichi, a child who lives with his mother and grandparents in Kagoshima, in the South of the island of Kyushu. His little brother, Ryunosuke, lives with their father in Hakata, in the north of Kyushu. Their parents’ divorce has split them up, but all Koichi wants is to get back together with him. When he finds out ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Kore-eda changes pace with a witty, involving, upbeat story about kids and the miracle of life."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Built around performances by two real-life brothers who are as unaffected, spirited and lovable as I can imagine (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"'I Wish' is still amply Kore-eda-esque, full of life, heart, and funny little details about daily existence, as it meanders its way toward moments of real profundity."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"'I Wish' is the moving and deeply satisfying work of a director who just keeps on getting better (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Andrew Osmond Empire	"Lovely but languid (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"The Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (...) has such an extraordinarily delicate manner with children that his approach can feel like a code of ethics"	POS
United States	Michael Nordine Slant	"[Koreeda] has the raw materials, not to mention chops as a writer-director, to bring this story to light, but struggles in making it more than the sum of its parts (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"There isn’t a wrong note throughout: Koreeda’s direction is appropriately unshowy, the camerawork crisp and graceful (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ben Sachs Chicago Reader	"Kore-eda once again proves himself gifted at handling child actors, and he's quite observant of the dynamics of broken families, yet these qualities can't overcome the familiarity of his script"	NEU
United States	Wesley Morris Boston Globe	"Koreeda’s achievement is that he gives us children who might weigh more, emotionally, than their parents, yet they’re still these little creatures learning how to wield and bear that weight."	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"It's Koreeda's subtly elliptical storytelling and measured control of character, locale and pace that makes this so engaging (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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