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Lu Over the Wall

Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta

2017

Masaaki Yuasa

Animation

6.2

604

Animation. Fantasy. Comedy The story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A trio of relatable, well-written human protagonists (...) It’s darn crazy to observe"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Contrived, derivative and twee (...) It seemed overextended and self-conscious (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Simran Hans The Guardian	"It’s a little shouty (...) but there’s lots to admire about Yuasa’s style (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Teo Bugbee The New York Times	"Lu sometimes feels more like a cynical plot device than a character. The problem is only amplified by the animation itself."	NEG
Ireland	Tara Brady Irish Times	"At its best, 'Lu' resembles a freestyle, teeny-bopper reworking of Hayao Miyazaki’s similarly themed 'Ponyo' (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Derek Smith Slant	"Yuasa's film is invigorating even when its aesthetic feels less than seamless (...) The film becomes disorienting in its constant expansion of its own mythology (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Emily Yoshida Vulture	"[It] every bit as imaginative as the rest of his body of work (...) [Yuasa] succeeds admirably"	POS

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