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Kids japanese movie review
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Kids
4 people found this review helpful
by Codex
Jun 27, 2012
Completed
Overall 10
Story 10.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
You know that any movie that starts out with Stand by Me by Ben E. King is gonna be a good one. That's all I gotta say. An appropriate and well chosen song to introduce this movie. The movie is, in a gist, about a group of outcasts and how they come together to do something incredible and truly figure out what they value in their lives. The actors were brilliant and excellently executed their roles well. Koike did a really good job in portraying the main protagonist who makes everyone evaluate their lives. Tamaki does a great job in portraying his friend, the anti-hero. And lastly, Kuriyama does a great job in acting bubbly, but still mysterious. The script and story are original in their elements. Personally, I love anything to do with superpowers, so when I heard of this movie, I jotted it down on my list to watch later. Now, it has become one of my favorites. The plot leaves the audience in suspense and wondering what will happen. Finally, the ending leaves you in content, satisfied, but still wishing for more. You're wishing for more not because the story isn't neatly wrapped up, but because you'll fall in the love with the characters that you'll want to see more of them. I put the music as nine because it wasn't freaking amazing, but it was just quite good, just not amazing. There is one song in the movie that I feel could have been better. In the movie, out of nowhere, an English song with an Irish feel to it plays. Personally, I feel the song was out of place. Finally, the rewatch value is merely an eight, because it's a movie that you may want to see again, but then again, it could also be a movie that you are content with seeing just once. Overall, I thouroghly enjoyed the movie and recommend this movie to anyone who likes to watch films questioning human nature, involves supernatural/superpowers, has a heart-warm feel, has a bad boy, and/or deals with character identity crisis.
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