Our Little Sister Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, once again, Koreeda really impressed me and, for some reason, I was surprised by how much I actually enjoyed the damned thing (which was probably because I did watch way too much garbage lately). I have to admit that I did struggle a little bit to follow everyone’s story (for example, I still don’t know what actually happened to Suzu’s mother… I guess she died at some point but I’m afraid I missed that bit of information…). Furthermore, there were 4 sisters, their deceased father who was married with 3 different women, their grandmother, their grandmother’s sister, …. Basically, it was quite lot of people to deal with and, as a result, none of them was really developed but it wasn’t a deal breaker though. Indeed, I always admired Koreeda as one of the most humanist directors that ever lived and, with this movie, he just surpassed himself. In most movies, some of the characters would have some kind of personal agenda with the goal of breaking up this sisterhood and, as we have been conditioned by decades of generic storytelling, we actually expect that something horrible will happen to them at some point but, no, fortunately, it never happened. Instead, you get a set of vastly different but all intriguing young women who were dealt some pretty shitty cards but still made the best of it and, all together, they managed to find such a beautiful and inspiring harmony. Anyway, to conclude, I’m not sure if it is Koreeda's best movie but it was not far from it and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.