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After the Storm

Umi yori mo mada fukaku

2016

Hirokazu Koreeda

Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kiki, Yoko Maki, Lily Franky ...

6.6

2,583

Drama Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother (Kirin Kiki) and beautiful ex-wife (Yoko Make) seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"A family drama of supreme subtlety (...) No filmmaker today is watching ordinary human life more closely than Kore-eda, or is more unfailingly generous with what they find (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Maggie Lee Variety	"Keeps the melancholy tale of a broken family reunited briefly by a typhoon on a slow simmer until the last act, which is sprinkled with small epiphanies about our humble existence."	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"[A] small gem (...) As sweet as a ripe cherry at first glance, it has a rocky pit, as viewers who bite deeply will find out"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang IndieWire	"A film that invites you in, and clears a space for you at the dinner table while you shuck off your shoes in the hallway."	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"[A] sweet-natured comedy about father/son relationships and the gifts and curses that are passed down through generations."	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"Slow-paced, sad, rueful and sometimes warmly funny, 'After the Storm' is one of his sturdiest, and most sensitive, constructions."	POS
United States	Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"[Koreeda] applies his genial touch to this apparent antihero (...) 'After The Storm' makes the same simple point: Life is what you make of it. It’s not a bad message, but not a deep one either."	NEU
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"[With] the remarkably moving 'After the Storm', [Koreeda] again finds truth and drama in relatable human behavior, and does so by sketching fully-realized, three-dimensional characters (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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