Sheep In The Box

Unfortunately the second best sheep titled movie to come out this year, not sure if it’s even close either.

Joe A

This didn’t make me cry one time which Kore-eda is usually fantastic at making me do. So emotionally stunted for a movie involving a couple trying to replace their dead kid with a robot. I get that some of that is intentional but, it just felt fake inauthentic at times? I…

Amanda the Jedi

‎Been too busy with my orchestral debut, recitals, concerts, and events left and right that I stopped reviewing movies for a while… and this is what I came back to. I’m sorry I can’t fully express my emotions about this movie right now, but I’ll describe it in the best way…

Jomari Bashin

SHEEP IN THE BOX is a rare Hirokazu Kore-eda miss for me. A surprisingly lifeless sci-fi family drama, it never hits with the emotional force it so clearly intends. And when it does try to get those tears flowing, it all feels so unearned. Kore-eda’s gift for intimate…

Matt Neglia

“When I was young, I didn’t understand this, but as I grew older in my 40s and my 50s, I realized that there’s this expectation that families are connected by blood. But when you think about it, the moment when every member of a family is actually alive and together is just…

Brandon Streussnig

have you ever wished that Spielberg’s masterpiece A.I. Artificial Intelligence had: a. none of the strange, haunting psychological texture and meaning b. the aesthetics of a 2012 youtube video called Technology In 20 Years c. a bizarre, nonsensical subplot about child…

coffee

“I’m not your papa.” Maybe the lower than expected rating on IMDb is because people have a hard time processing difficult and sad things just like the people in the movie. But the sci-fi aspect provided the escapism that the movie needed, so I don’t see why people are so…

Allison M. 🌱

De loin le pire Kore-Eda que j'ai vu et l'un des pires films de Cannes, Sheep in the Box donne plus l'impression d'être devant un épisode cheap et interminable de Black Mirror. En général il gère bien l'enfance et l'innocence mais là il tombe dans tous les travers et…

Regelegorila

Early word on Kore-eda’s latest has been cool, to the say the least, since its premiere in Cannes, with a bit of a mean streak in some of the reviews (on here and elsewhere) that’s really perplexed me. Is the masterfully humanistic director of Still Walking and Monster…

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