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Reviews Counted:90
Fresh:85
Rotten:5
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: Tragic and haunting, a beautifully heart-wrenching portrait of child abandonment.
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... [More]
Starring: Yagira Yuya, Kitauru Ayu, Kimura Hiei, Shimizu Momoko
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu
Director Hirokazu Koreeda lets his film run on too long, but he gets naturalistic performances from the nonprofessional actors. He also manages to make a docudrama about abandoned kids seem pretty darn poetic, and that's no small feat.
A harrowing, tender film.
Top Critic[Kore-eda has developed]a paradoxically quiet expressionistic technique, a virtuosic way to make the audience feel as if we were observing without intruding.
The brief sight of a simple crayon doodle on a long overdue gas bill can bum you out for days afterwards ... The final devastating results aren't far from a masterpiece.
"Nobody Knows" contains a familiar premise that may prove disturbing to some viewers.
Kore-eda balances a visually gritty realism -- the film itself has an almost palpably grainy look -- with unexpected lyrical notes.
I certainly came out of Nobody Knows feeling numb; only later, reflecting on the fact that the movie was inspired by a true story, did it occur to me that the numbness could have been deliberate, and that what suffused this picture was a mist of anger.
'Nobody Knows' and its astounding collection of young actors capture the heart without a hint of tear-jerking or saccharine sentimentality.
Nobody Knows has a haunting quality that is all the more effective for its deceptively everyday appearance.
Those who can tolerate slower rhythms will appreciate Kore-eda's patient approach. And all will admire his handling of the children.
The film, winsome and tragic at once and finely attuned to the rhythms of childhood, always seems quite close to real life.
Top CriticAkira reminds you of the children who have populated the films of Vittorio De Sica or Satyajit Ray, and, more unexpectedly, of the elderly Carlo Battisti in the title role of De Sica's Umberto D.
This is so moving - you love these children and feel their joys and suffering.
Just when you think you've figured out how you feel about its complex situations, director Hirokazu Kore-eda shows you something that makes you question your own conclusions.
This gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda unfolds with the graceful simplicity of a real-life episode turned into a minimalist fable.
Top CriticA genuinely important film.
Kore-eda's filmmaking is austere and deliberate, yet his humanism is manifest in every frame.
If it feels rather long at 141 minutes, it's hard to figure what could be viably removed from this absorbing film.
Rarely has a kid's-eye view of the adult world been captured with such innocence and insight.
A winsome documentary-like detailed study about four abandoned youngsters in Tokyo.
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