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Nobody Knows (2004)
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"This is the first film I've seen by director Hirokazu Koreeda. Dare mo shiranai (Nobody Knows) Another disappointing first time experience with a director. This film was also extremely highly recommended to me on numerous movie recommendation sites. It is based on a true story about a group of children abandoned by their mother in a Tokyo apartment. But it seemed to lack drama to me. Maybe because the kids were all so well behaved and responsible, even the kid that was introduced as a mischief maker at the beginning really didn't get into too much trouble. Yeah there is some emotion and tragedy here. Some moments where you feel for the kids. But compared to my expectations it was too boring and not very profound. After originally posting this blog, I just did some research and found out the true story of events this was based on was much more sordid, involving more bodies and violence. Maybe I'm just a sicko, but I would have rather seen a movie closer to the true events. R ... "
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"Mother of Mine is a film that focuses on the unseen impacts of war. Eero [Topi Majaniemi] is a Swedish child sent to live in Denmark after his father dies in the war and his mother gives up on life. He is taken in by a mother who isn't excited to have him and a father who wants nothing more than for Eero to be able to adapt and thrive. He takes Eero to school where they call him the "war child" which is all he knows about his identity anymore. It takes over his life. All he imagines are air raids.Every actor in this film is much more than capable. Personally I think the acting is the biggest strength of the entire film. Klaus Haro mixes the strength of the acting with the natural beauty and depth of the Finnish landscape.I am in the camp of people who believe the flash forwards take away from the film more than they add. I think the story would flow better and perhaps have more impact if it weren't for the disjointed feeling the flash forwards evoke.I thin ... "
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"Hirokazu Koreeda has a way of revealing the soul of his characters. It's strange because the characters are not sobbing over the fact that their mother abandoned them or the fact that they have no money to pay for electricity, water, and food. Instead, director Koreeda does the opposite. The children are jaded by their circumstance and react very little to obstacles that threaten their survival. It's as if by showing less emotion, the characters reveal more. Their lack of self-pity and emotion is what pulls the audience into the story; the audience is forced to feel pity and feel for the characters. Ironically, what makes this movie sadder is the sparse moments of pure joy. When most children are happy only when they get a new toy or a new game, the four siblings are overwhlemed with joy just to be able to walk around the city after "hiding" in their own house from the landlords, or when they plant seeds in a ramyun cup full of soil they got from the park. The contrast bet ... "
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"Nobody Knows (Life as They Know It) is a Japanese film much beloved by critics. Four kids—the oldest, a boy, is 12—are abandoned and decide to keep on living in the apartment so that social welfare does not find out and split them up. I don’t think it is giving away too much of the plot to say that things slowly but surely get worse. The serious weakness in the film for me as a Western viewer is that the kids are not very expressive. They look blankly at the camera, and the viewer is supposed to a) like them, and b) understand what they are feeling. Although this did not work for me, I came away with more empathy for street kids: When you see a scruffy little guy checking phone booths for change, you never know his background. Jim Bell "
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