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Topic subjectRE: Shoplifters (Kore-eda, 2018)
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733310, RE: Shoplifters (Kore-eda, 2018)
Posted by upUPNorth, Tue Jan-22-19 01:51 PM
Just finally got around to seeing this this weekend. Couldn't see it at the film festival up here last year, where I usually see his films. I think I missed his last one, the crime drama(?), I think the genre change did kind of slip it off my radar.'

I enjoyed this one, I love some of his past movies, don't know if I liked this more than Like Father, Like Son or Our Little Sister, but there's probably a bit more subtle nuance going on with underlying story of not only the family but essentially each individual that made it up until the end. Those parts of it actually stood out most to me ('choosing your own family, questioning what makes one a mother/father'). I think it was a hard story to end, at least in a way that didn't leave you kind of sad wondering what will happen to them all.