An extremely well-written, emotionally complex coming-of-age tale that has a John Hughesian respect for teenage angst.
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04/07/07
Linda Linda Linda (2006)
78 %
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Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 7
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A band faces a race against time after its singer quits on the eve of a high school talent contest in this Japanese comedy.
Starring: Doo-na Bae, Aki Maeda, Yu Kashii, Shiori Sekine
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
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Director Nobuhiro Yamashita seems to be aiming for a laconic deadpan tone, yet the static camera work and even-keel pacing elicit more yawns than chuckles.
01/12/07
If The Beatles were teen girls starring in a John Hughes picture made with a distinctly Japanese attention to the comedy of everyday life, the movie showcasing it all would go something like this.
01/12/07
Top Critic It’s the kind of high-school movie about kids and music that Hollywood would never be able to capture with such intimacy, nuance and restraint.
01/12/07
... a lively, engaging, character-driven piece with flourishes of offbeat humor...
12/29/06
An understated and disarmingly human tale of an all-girl band in the runup to the annual rock festival at the members' school.
11/10/06
Top Critic The film exhorts a sense of nostalgia for the stressful trials of youth.
11/10/06
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