Decencies

film 2 of 7

I Wish

Tweet Review by Dean Duncan Mar 16, 2015 @deanduncan63

Saw Hirokazu Koreeda’s #IWish. Kinda like The Parent Trap and I Vitelloni moved to Japan …

… and had an extraordinarily well-favoured child there. Sweet, dear, luminous stuff!

#IWish. The work of an exceeding sensitive & subtle filmmaker. Requires/rewards the same kind of viewing …

… It’s full of seeming inconsequentialities, & they’re rendered, on the face of it, quite casually. But by the end …

… in a modest & yet almost tympanic way, they’ve all added up to something very consequential indeed.

#IWish. Loved all the kids, these geriatric conspiracies, the muted acceptance of the grown-up ending …

… the heart-stopping summary montage. Loved it!

#IWish. Wr./dir. Koreeda has not been especially prolific. He is really major. You should subscribe!