Tag Archives: Coming-of-age drama

Lady Bird (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Precisely funny and effortlessly poignant

Posted on January 15, 2018 by kaist455

At first, “Lady Bird” looks like another conventional adolescent coming-of-age drama. Again, we have a young heroine eager to go further with her burgeoning life and she surely comes to grow up a lot in the end as being ready … Continue reading →

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Call Me by Your Name (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): That bright romantic summer

Posted on January 3, 2018 by kaist455

“Call Me by Your Name”, the latest work from Luca Guadagnino, brims with the sensuous sense of love and romance in its bright, breezy summer atmosphere. While its first half closely and intimately observes its two heroes tentatively approaching to … Continue reading →

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American Honey (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Selling and drifting on the road

Posted on June 28, 2017 by kaist455

“American Honey”, which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in last year, gives us a vivid, realistic glimpse into a certain type of lifestyle which is not so familiar to many of us. Because I had never … Continue reading →

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The Edge of Seventeen (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Edgy, witty, and heartfelt

Posted on May 24, 2017 by kaist455

Edgy, witty, and heartfelt, “The Edge of Seventeen” is a genuine coming-of-age story about that tumultuous life period called adolescence. While it often throws some funny moments of incisive humor via its spunky heroine who tries to deal with her … Continue reading →

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20th Century Women (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Three interesting women in his adolescent life

Posted on May 18, 2017 by kaist455

“20th Century Women” is a warm, sensitive, and humorous film about one adolescent boy who grows up with several colorful people around him during a notable social/cultural transition point in the 20th century American society. Now it sounds like your … Continue reading →

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Eve’s Bayou (1997) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A black family drama in the bayou town

Posted on April 8, 2017 by kaist455

The opening scene of “Eve’s Bayou” is one of the most captivating opening lines I have ever encountered: “Memory is a selection of images, some elusive, others printed indelibly on the brain. The summer I killed my father, I was … Continue reading →

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Moonlight (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A specific lifetime observed in three acts

Posted on February 8, 2017 by kaist455

Sensitive and empathetic, “Moonlight” is a simple but eloquent coming-of-age tale packed with haunting human moments. While its hero and background are quite specific, we notice universal themes from its intimate drama as watching its hero struggling to find his … Continue reading →

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Little Men (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): As their little life becomes more complicated

Posted on December 4, 2016 by kaist455

Intimate and sensitive in its low-key approach, “Little Men” quietly shines with small precious moments to be appreciated for the keen depiction of the emotional undercurrents flowing around and between its two young heroes. The movie maintains its gentle, thoughtful … Continue reading →

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Queen of Walking (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Walk, Man-bok, Walk!

Posted on October 23, 2016 by kaist455

Have you heard of racewalking? I did not know anything about this rather obscure sport until I watched a little lovable South Korean film called “Queen of Walking”. Before writing this review, I checked Wikipedia, and I was surprised to … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Looking at her from the distance

Posted on September 18, 2016 by kaist455

Israeli film “A Tale of Love and Darkness” is frequently frustrating in its distant attitude toward its sad, depressing human tale. Here is a woman who has probably been quite unhappy throughout her gray, melancholic life which has not given … Continue reading →

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