Small, Slow but Steady

"In all departments, the film’s craft matches the script’s sensitivity and lack of trickery." 

"[It] is one of the first great pandemic movies not only because it dramatizes some very familiar pandemic struggles, but also because it reflects the lessons about mutual support and communal perseverance that we should be taking from them (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"The new Japanese drama 'Small, Slow But Steady' is about as calm and modest as its title suggests, but there are surprising swings within those margins" 

"The biggest win in the elegantly crafted film is simply taking the next step toward the next fight" 

"Anyone committed to the more contemplative, emotionally refined end of the current Japanese art cinema spectrum will find this against-the-grain study genuinely alluring." 

"It is quietly moving in its examination of human fragility without being pessimistic about human resilience" 

"A delicate, atmospheric study that's quite unlike most other fight movies (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"