Nobody Knows (2005)
94 %
Reviews Counted: 90 Fresh: 85 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 8/10
Consensus:
Tragic and haunting, a beautifully heart-wrenching portrait of child abandonment.
Runtime: 2 hrs 21 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 4, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $491,773
Synopsis: Yuya Yagira was named Best Actor at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for his moving portrayal of the older brother trying desperately to support his three younger siblings in writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda's masterful work NOBODY KNOWS. Kore-eda (MABOROSI, AFTER LIFE) also produced and... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Yagira Yuya, Kitauru Ayu, Kimura Hiei, Shimizu Momoko, Kan Hanae
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu
Screenwriter: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Producer: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Shigenobu Yutaka
Screenwriter: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Producer: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Shigenobu Yutaka
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Those who can tolerate slower rhythms will appreciate Kore-eda's patient approach. And all will admire his handling of the children.
03/01/07
It's rather slow and a bit overlong (139 minutes), it may not be for everyone, but for viewers with the patience, the rewards are many.
10/25/06
Rarely has a kid's-eye view of the adult world been captured with such innocence and insight.
04/01/06
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01/26/06
Makes you weep for humanity's lack of humanity, but in doing so it reveals your own humanity in the concerns that honestly surface from within you as you watch.
01/02/06
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09/26/05
While this could be the stuff of tabloid fodder at the one extreme or family fare uplift at the other, it is actually an observational meditation on childhood lost with universal applications.
09/22/05
Despite the downbeat premise, the director focuses on his characters' momentary pleasures.
09/20/05
Photographed in static shots that never cast judgement, the child actors have a naturalism that makes familiarity emotionally charged.
08/09/05
Hirokazu dwells on the resiliency of children, a theme that also resonated in Small Change and which gives the film a lightness not inherent in the subject matter.
07/06/05
Has a sweetly mournful feel, and it's well-performed throughout; still, it's a long time to spend in limbo.
06/17/05
Nobody Knows will chill you, further proof that the ability to procreate does not automatically qualify you to be a parent.
06/17/05
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06/10/05
Profoundly metaphorical and almost unbearably heart-wrenching in its recognition of the essential aloneness of life...
05/27/05
You'll be glad you saw it, but you won't say you loved this heartbreaker.
04/28/05
A winsome documentary-like detailed study about four abandoned youngsters in Tokyo.
04/24/05
The rare film that successfully tells its tale of childhood from the children’s point of view.
04/23/05
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Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics 2005 Awards
posted by Todd Jorgenson December 20, 2005
December 19, 2005 -- DALLAS-FORT WORTH FILM CRITICS NAME “BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN” BEST OF 2005. The Dallas-Fort Worth...
posted by Todd Jorgenson December 20, 2005
December 19, 2005 -- DALLAS-FORT WORTH FILM CRITICS NAME “BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN” BEST OF 2005. The Dallas-Fort Worth...
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