Still Walking

Variety“Often quite funny, and suffused with warmth even amid discordant notes...” Though almost exclusively limited to unremarkable interactions inside the parents' home, the feature never feels meandering or claustrophobic in the least. Credit is due to the unobtrusive but invaluable contributions of Yutaka Yamazaki's lensing...

Total Film “Essays a moving restraint that evokes Ozu's domestic dramas...” Over a series of extended takes at the dinner table, Koreeda gradually and subtly reveals the resentments, irritations and frustrations simmering under the surface. His big theme is the transience of all our lives, but he doesn’t make a meal of it.

Time Out film“An extraordinarily tender and consoling new ensemble comedy...” Koreeda’s almost sage-like understanding of what makes modern families tick places him and this wonderful film in the league of Japan’s grand master, Ozu, and you can’t ask for higher praise than that...

The Times“Nothing ever bursts free in dramatic rage...” A beautifully measured melodrama that owes much to Yasujiro Ozu’s Japanese classic Tokyo Story, Still Walking examines intergenerational discord in the port city of Yokosuka...

The Telegraph“Fleshy, pulsing life...” Still Walking is also an acutely observed and tenderly rendered portrait of family, mortality and remembering...

The Independent“Modest and lovely drama...” Hirokazu Kore-eda, who made the brilliant After Life, has the imaginative sympathy of a great novelist, unsparing yet not unforgiving in his examination of a family held together by habit, regret and, ultimately, an unspoken love...

Guardian“Kore-eda is extending and developing this tradition...” The notion of the "better" son dying is becoming a bit of a cliche in Hollywood, with the much-spoofed Walk the Line, but this is a higher order of storytelling, and this gentle, lovely film is impossible to watch without a lump in the ­throat...

Empire“Subtle and multi-layered film-making with compelling performances...” Discreetly photographed by Yutaka Yamazaki and complemented by Gontiti’s charming guitar score, the action unfolds like an intricate origami creation to reveal its bittersweet secrets before being restored to its superficial perfection...

Little White Lies“Not yet reviewed”

Channel4 Film“Not yet reviewed”