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(1 - 7) of 7 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1   3.5/4 "A family drama that gets the family dynamic exactly right, a film that understands the ways in which unspoken resentments tend to accumulate and unresolved conflicts later harden into regrets."   Slant Magazine   Andrew Schenker 4.5/5 "There's also a touch of Bergman-style family angst here, and in the tale of the drowned golden boy and the surviving son, even a little bit of Ordinary People."   Filmcritic.com   Don Willmott 5/5 "An appealing bittersweet drama about a Japanese family get-together that explores sibling rivalry, the need to be loved and appreciated, and the mysteries of death."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "The tone is perfect; this is one of those rare films that, despite being rooted firmly in the world around us, is utterly absorbing and capable of reducing the immediacies of life into abstract thoughts in the back of one's mind."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli A- "...seems more French than Japanese with its chaotic gathering and multi-layered and constant dialogue."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "Its sincere consideration of its characters' longing for acceptance and approval rings true."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 7/10 "Hirokazu Koreeda has written and directed a family drama that tells a powerful story that can not be told through words alone."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson  (1 - 7) of 7 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1