Hirokazu Koreeda's Palme d'Or winner is a powerful meditation on family, as are all of his films. In his previous works, he has analyzed different family dynamics, but in this film he uniquely asks what makes a family? He does slow, careful, bittersweet drama so well. Don't take anything for granted. The screenplay slowly unravels what he wants you to know when he wants you to know it. But you must pay close attention to the dialogue. Everything is deliberate. This is Kiki Kirin's final performance. She was an frequent collaborator with Koreeda and she is just as magnificent in this movie. All the performances are believable as one big content family.
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