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Lu Over the Wall can be more fun to watch than to follow, but director Masaaki Yuasa's distinctive visual style offers colorful compensation for an occasionally scattered story.
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All Critics (43) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (10)
Lu Over the Wall is many films, all of them vying for the same screen time. It's as chaotic as it sounds. May 11, 2018 | Full Review…
Lu Over the Wall is many films, all of them vying for the same screen time. It's as chaotic as it sounds.
William Bibbiani
I can't lie: I was bored throughout the 112 minutes I spent watching Lu Over the Wall. May 11, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
I can't lie: I was bored throughout the 112 minutes I spent watching Lu Over the Wall.
Simon Abrams
The film has a scrappy, sometimes cheap look to it (characters look flat, like thin-lined Etch-a-Sketch drawings, superimposed over more colorful hand-painted backgrounds), for which it more than compensates via other strengths ... May 11, 2018 | Full Review…
The film has a scrappy, sometimes cheap look to it (characters look flat, like thin-lined Etch-a-Sketch drawings, superimposed over more colorful hand-painted backgrounds), for which it more than compensates via other strengths ...
Peter Debruge
Yuasa's bold imagery and sometimes convoluted storytelling defy the conventions of traditional animated filmmaking, but he is clearly an artist with an individual vision whose work offers something genuinely new and eye-catching. May 10, 2018 | Full Review…
Yuasa's bold imagery and sometimes convoluted storytelling defy the conventions of traditional animated filmmaking, but he is clearly an artist with an individual vision whose work offers something genuinely new and eye-catching.
Charles Solomon
Unfortunately, Yuasa and cowriter Reiko Yoshida stay at surface level with the narrative. May 10, 2018 | Full Review…
Unfortunately, Yuasa and cowriter Reiko Yoshida stay at surface level with the narrative.
Leah Pickett
The character renderings feel more rushed than the rich, warm backgrounds. What the film gains in energy, it loses in the kinds of expressive details that make two-dimensional figures seem like they breathe three-dimensional life. May 10, 2018 | Full Review…
The character renderings feel more rushed than the rich, warm backgrounds. What the film gains in energy, it loses in the kinds of expressive details that make two-dimensional figures seem like they breathe three-dimensional life.
Teo Bugbee
The animation feels perpetually infused with a sense of enjoyment; one imagines the production team enjoyed themselves as much as their audience do. June 14, 2020 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
The animation feels perpetually infused with a sense of enjoyment; one imagines the production team enjoyed themselves as much as their audience do.
Grant Watson
A rather fabulous concoction that, yes, teaches good lessons for children, their parents, and other adults in a tender and surprising manner. March 18, 2020 | Rating: 4.0/5 | Full Review…
A rather fabulous concoction that, yes, teaches good lessons for children, their parents, and other adults in a tender and surprising manner.
Peter Martin
The animation felt like an sporadic assault on the screen and the story made absolutely no sense. February 26, 2019 | Rating: D- | Full Review…
The animation felt like an sporadic assault on the screen and the story made absolutely no sense.
Rachel Wagner
A sort of My Neighbor Totoro to Devilman's Grave of the Fireflies. January 26, 2019 | Full Review…
A sort of My Neighbor Totoro to Devilman's Grave of the Fireflies.
Kyle Pinion
Ultimately, it's Lu's sense of dizzy visual pluck that elevates the film above its sweet but straightforward fairy-tale foundation. December 7, 2018 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Ultimately, it's Lu's sense of dizzy visual pluck that elevates the film above its sweet but straightforward fairy-tale foundation.
Andrew Wyatt
Masaaki Yuasa may be working in restrained mode, but his visual style remains intact. Lu is an adorable protagonist that audiences will adore while absorbing the vibrant animation. October 28, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Masaaki Yuasa may be working in restrained mode, but his visual style remains intact. Lu is an adorable protagonist that audiences will adore while absorbing the vibrant animation.
Joe Friar
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