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Still Walking

2008
Drama
1h 55m
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Avg Percentile 74.33% from 758 total ratings

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Rated 16 Aug 2011
100
99th
Profoundly moving. A lifetime of buried heartaches and concealed emotions revealed in small potent doses throughout are so palpably real, almost unbearably so, in this quietly arresting modern masterpiece of a Japanese film untainted by any form of pretentiousness. There is no truer portrayal of family life down to the smallest detail. The customs may be Japanese but the themes are universal. My heart felt like bursting at the end.
Rated 27 Nov 2012
81
82nd
If you've seen Tokyo Story you're going to love this movie too.
Rated 04 Jan 2011
77
94th
A wonderfully complex yet understated family drama. Koreeda channels Ozu to great effect (reminiscent of Tokyo Story).
Rated 01 Feb 2010
84
91st
Sumptuously-shot and paced family drama reminisent of Ozu and Tokyo Story. The themes of family traditions, parent-child relationships and universal respect are typical of Japanese life, but here they are gently peeled away to give a glimpse at the reality behind these facades, and perhaps how the nation is changing as a whole as modernity supercedes tradition. Fine naturalistic performances, interesting dialogue and a nice soundtrack all contribute to a charming, light film about life itself.
Rated 21 Sep 2010
90
83rd
Kore-Eda is a dependable auteur of quiet sadness. The interplay between different family members is presented with great care and empathy, Kore-Eda clearly endeavoring to understand these people through his art rather than exploit their fictional anguish for easy emotional prodding. There are many simple moments throughout the film. Kore-Eda is not exactly finding greater truths within the mundane, but instead allowing that the mundane coexists peacefully with the tragic and the profound.
Rated 08 Aug 2011
92
97th
Emotionally beautiful film. All the performances are wonderful, giving little revelations in both what they share and what they don't, showcasing a variety of personality types, forms of interaction and social norms. While the film's central arc carries with it some interesting ideas, it's all the little moments that really make the film shine.
Rated 02 May 2011
85
94th
Equal parts meditative, lighthearted, and touching. Like a "hangout movie" with a family, there is a lot to like about this film, but most noteworthy is how it can balance simplicity with engaging characters. It's great.
Rated 03 Feb 2010
65
48th
Hirokazu Koreeda is frequently referred to as the modern day Yasujiro Ozu, but I've always felt that Koreeda's films lack the sutblety that made Ozu's films such sublime experiences. Still Walking is very much the same as Koreeda's other films, and in many ways, suffers even more. The film is no doubt beautifully shot in his standard contemplative style, but the writing this time around is a bit weak, and because of this, the film's languid pace proves to be detrimental more often than not.
Rated 13 Jun 2012
85
95th
A beautiful naturalistic family drama played out in front of a still camera, both in and out the frame. Although some of the inter-generational differences are exaggerated by the traditional Japanese setting, the themes are completely universal and I related at once to this family. Sublime.
Rated 15 Jan 2010
75
71st
Beautifully shot movie with lots of interesting dialog to flesh out the people. The flaw is that it leads nowhere and we get a sense of emptiness with a payoff at the end that is not really satisfying. The characters never really change during the course of the movie except our understanding of them but that's all there is to it really. It's an interesting look at a flawed modern Japanese family but nothing profound.
Rated 31 Dec 2009
90
88th
That Koreeda's film feels a lot like an updated and modernized Ozu movie says a lot in its favor. The same attention to ongoing family drama, the lack of appreciation for our elders, and the mundane rituals of everyday life (much of which surrounds food), connects the film to some of the most ingrained and common experiences and feelings we have. The film, like Ozu's Tokyo Story, serves as a caution to appreciate what you have before its too late.
Rated 01 Oct 2018
83
83rd
Ozu?
Rated 06 Sep 2009
75
88th
Family dynamics perfectly portrayed. A newly started family visits parents who still aren't over the loss of their eldest son, sounds like a tear jerker, but couldn't have been any more from the truth. The subtle jabs the grandma, who really turns into the star of the film, set just the right mood for this film. Each person in the film has an important role in this somewhat dysfunctional family, and it wouldn't have been the same without them.
Rated 26 Nov 2008
40
11th
It takes two hours for the film to show how individual members of a somewhat disfunctional family cope with the past death of the first born, an object of high expectations. I'll sum it up in two words: they don't.
Rated 04 Aug 2011
85
86th
Elegant and touching, this film shows a rare deep understanding of human interaction. A beautiful family drama and a rare timeless film. Pulls a lot from Ozu, but builds on that influence in ways that appeal to me much more than something like Tokyo Story.
Rated 26 Oct 2015
89
93rd
Gentle and sad family drama which delicately and deliberately reminds one of Tokyo Story (even though it doesn't share the emotional brutality of that masterpiece). In some ways the story is very Japanese but the center of it is simply human. I know I couldn't watch it without drawing any number of parallels to my own family.
Rated 18 Feb 2019
85
93rd
Didn't think I'd ever say this about a Japanese filmmaker, but with Kore-Eda, I sometimes wish he'd be a bit more subtle about the points he is making. Nonetheless, the way he ties together different storylines and so many observations on family, life, and family life here in what essentially is only one afternoon is highly impressive.
Rated 13 Mar 2019
5
93rd
A long, hot summer day in a small town on the Japanese coast. Surrounded by loved ones in a cozy family home. A bountiful spread of food. The soft acoustic score. These disarming comforts ensure the undercurrent of resentment is all the more heartbreaking, but this is by no stretch a bitter film. It's warm and inviting, a modest poignancy about the way we take people and time for granted. This could all very well be a gross and sentimental truism in the hands of a less adept, sincere director.
Rated 28 Dec 2009
90
69th
A quiet and genuine family drama, it's like an Ozu film for the 21st century. The script and cinematography exhibit a very Japanese tasteful restraint. A pleasant two hours, highly recommended!
Rated 02 Jul 2010
95
78th
It's Ozu in the sense that it's the domestic drama genre pushed to an insane level of high art in its cinematic form. A key difference is that Still Walking relies on long takes from a single position, and using staging and dialog to keep the drama unfolding. Ozu relied more on classical decoupage and very often he had long braces of fast cuts. No matter the method they captured their families, Koreeda is keeping the Ozu mold with a simple and delicate film.
Rated 09 Dec 2012
20
8th
Like taking a trip over to grandmas and grandpas house, except mine weren't Japanese. The family politics are quite a bit different. I gave this movie every chance to be worth watching, but by the end I found very little story here. An hour and a half of mundane stuff family gossip and a few regrets. It made me miss my grand parents. Not really my idea of a great movie. I would not recommend it and wouldn't dream of watching it again.
Rated 22 Aug 2017
100
99th
A uniquely nuanced movie about loss, grief, disappointment and every family. Breathtakingly beautiful.
Rated 08 Jan 2012
100
98th
Touching, resonant, beautiful, meditative, and poignant are all words I would use to describe this incredibly emotional and heartfelt film.
Rated 31 May 2011
35
77th
"Taking place over little more than a day in the life of a family, Kore-eda's film locates the profound in the mundane."
Rated 17 Dec 2015
8
78th
Interestingly subverts the viewer's expectations. The end needed trimming, but all in all well-scripted and well-executed.
Rated 20 Apr 2015
100
99th
Perfect cut view into a regular family.
Rated 13 Oct 2017
70
77th
Some questionable aesthetic decisions, but mostly subtle and well-worked out drama about resentment and regret. Really avoids melodrama, which may lead to an impression of lightness, but what this film seems to be about is the near impossibility of resolving some kinds of generational problems.
Rated 30 Oct 2011
35
90th
"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." - Andrew Schenker
Rated 03 Aug 2015
40
28th
I sort of can understand why it has these high scores, but it is just not my cup of tea.
Rated 23 Jan 2014
80
81st
watched: 2014, 2022
Rated 12 Mar 2017
80
76th
A modorn day Ozu that strucks home in terms of family dynamics.
Rated 28 Apr 2011
95
98th
A modern masterpiece.
Rated 05 Mar 2014
88
95th
A wonderful film about time, family and fading traditions in modern times.
Rated 29 Feb 2016
55
10th
I liked the pace and the imagery, and I usually like "day in the life" type movies, but I ended up having no emotional attachment to or investment in any of the characters, so I largely didn't care what happened.
Rated 08 Jul 2009
85
77th
5 Nisan 09, 16:00,. 28.ist. film fest. ruya & aile degerleri uzerine yapilmis, ozu'ya saygi durusunda bulunan ve patlamaya hazir ilerleyen diken ustundeki ailevi iliskilerin kameraya yalin - gercekci yansimasi. dokunakli.
Rated 19 Jan 2011
90
95th
beautiful
Rated 11 Nov 2014
90
86th
"Still Walking" gives us a glimpse at one day of a yearly family reunion. The film is so effective in its simplicity. You may not identify with the family members, but you can certainly put yourselves in their place. Subtle from beginning to end.
Rated 15 Jul 2012
86
91st
Slice of life perfectly cut.
Rated 03 Feb 2009
84
81st
Koreeda's latest film could be compared to Ozu. It's an understated family drama with a minimum of flashiness, and some gentle music. It uses some of the same kind of "still life" transitions, and even starts and ends with a train. But it isn't straight homage, and this film is more emotionally open. And, it could fairly be said, less subtle... the butterfly thing is a bit of a groaner. But other than that slight misstep, it's a quite lovely movie with honest and realistic performances.
Rated 18 Jul 2013
4
87th
Hit home.
Rated 05 May 2019
95
13th
Lütfen, ülkenin tüm kaynaklarını yönetmenin daha fazla film çekebilmesi için harcasınlar! Edebiyat eserini bitirmiş hazzı yaratıyor tüm filmleri.
Rated 26 Oct 2018
3
36th
One of his best, and the scene with the butterfly, and the step-son's wondering - v good structure
Rated 10 May 2019
90
96th
So relatable it hurts. These kinds of stories are so often preoccupied with trying to establish a before and after of a transformative day but Koreeda is one of the few who gets that that's not how it works in real life. All the incremental changes and failures that happen feel organic and earned because it's not the crux of the film.
Rated 16 Jul 2019
72
91st
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Rated 22 Jul 2020
94
94th
One of the best, tenderest films I have ever watched. One of the films that strikes you-that is perfect.
Rated 21 Jun 2020
78
89th
a wonderful movie that feels like a moment in time and manages to be poignant while side stepping melodrama.
Rated 28 Oct 2020
80
74th
Her seferinde ''Koreeda bu sefer beceremeyecek, bu film fazla yüzeysel ve sıkıcı derecede pozitif olacak'' derken bir şekilde yine etkileyici ve insanın içine oturan bir film çıkarmayı başarıyor.
Rated 14 May 2021
100
90th
Perfect. Sometimes simplicity is really all you need.
Rated 06 Aug 2021
80
70th
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Rated 11 Dec 2022
100
96th
A Japanese family gather at the elderly parents house to mark the anniversary of their eldest son's accidental death. There really isn't all that much more that can be said about the pot of this film, even though it contains volumes about life. All of the hurts and resentments in this family trickle out in small details over the course of the film, but there's very little drama. It's a absolutely beautiful film. There's a flash forward for the last 10 minutes or so that it utterly profound.
Rated 29 Jan 2023
84
72nd
Certainly nobody needs me to tell them that this is Kore-eda doing Ozu, but it’s remarkable how well he captures the understated and beautifully-composed style. A powerful study of grief and resentment that feels far more true-to-life than most family dramas.
Rated 17 Mar 2024
70
53rd
Ryota Yokoyama: "They say yellow butterflies like that are white ones that survive the winter and come back yellow the next year."

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