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"Eriparisista hamppareista muodostuva uusioperhe näpistelee ja koittaa pärjäillä ihmisinä. Laahaavaa nyhjäystä jonka keskeltä muutaman kerran välähtää hehkumaan jokin oikeasti hieno kohtaus. Hyväntahtoista ns. hyvää elokuvaa muttei vaan jaksanut kiinnostaa edes vähää alusta. Lueskelen tässä jotain vanhaa Filmihullun numeroa, jossa George Sidney kuvaa vanhan Hollywoodin valkokangasmaailmaa värähdyttäväksi sijaismaailmaksi. Shopliftersin arkisuus ei kohdannut tällä kertaa "
“Since I kept hearing some really good things about this flick (it even won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival), I was really eager to check it out. Well, I wasn’t disappointed and the damned thing really deserves its stellar reputation. Apparently, Hirokazu Koreeda has the reputation of being the greatest humanist director at work nowadays and, after watching this movie, it is pretty easy to understand why. Basically, this time around, Koreeda focused on a group of people who all had been rejected and pretty much forgotten by the common society and who are now living in a marginal lifestyle with its own rules and moral code. Koreeda’s masterstroke was that he never judges or praises the characters and, for the first 90 minutes, you see how they cope living completely in the ma” read more
" Notes: Apparently, Hirokazu Koreeda has the reputation of being the greatest humanist director at work nowadays and, after watching this movie, it is pretty easy to understand why. Basically, this time around, Koreeda focused on a group of people who has all been rejected and pretty much forgotten by the common society and who are now living in a marginal lifestyle with its own rules and moral code. Koreeda’s masterstroke was that he never judges or praises the characters and, for the first "
"First viewing - May 25th Much ado has been made over Shoplifters, and it's all justified. The performances are stellar, the story is engaging and plays out in some surprising ways, and it's got moments of pure joy and true sadness. It didn't quite cross my personal line of greatness, but it's absolutely worth your time. "