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The Children's Hournew
In Kore-eda's Nobody Knows (inspired by true events, it's said), the twilight zone of choice is modern-day Tokyo, where a quartet of siblings, none older than 12, putters around a small apartment, waiting for a mother who may never return.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
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Home Alonenew
Nobody Knows is the rare film that successfully tells its tale of childhood from the children’s point of view, forgoing easy sensationalism and poignancy for naturalism and honesty.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-08-2005 |
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Home Alonenew
Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest movie is doubly unpredictable, not just in the way that its focus on survival--rather than the shuffling sound of death outside the door--marks a major about-face from his earlier films' pervasive probings of mortality and memory.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Chuck Stephens |
03-09-2005 |
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Nobody Knows Is a Heartbreaking Look at Child Abandonmentnew
Nobody Knows ends far from happily or neatly, and even when moments at the conclusion brush with sentiment, the film never strays from the emotional truth of its story about the plight of homeless children.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-25-2005 |
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