In Kagoshima, the boy Koichi lives with his mother Nozomi in the house of his grandparents. Koichi misses his younger brother Ryunosuke and his father Kenji, who live in Fukuoka, and he dreams of his family coming together again. One day, Koichi overhears that the energy released by two bullet trains passing by each other would grant wishes and he invites his two best friends, Tasuku and Makoto, to travel to the point of intersection of the two trains. Koichi also tells his p... (Full plot summary below)
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In Kagoshima, the boy Koichi lives with his mother Nozomi in the house of his grandparents. Koichi misses his younger brother Ryunosuke and his father Kenji, who live in Fukuoka, and he dreams of his family coming together again. One day, Koichi overhears that the energy released by two bullet trains passing by each other would grant wishes and he invites his two best friends, Tasuku and Makoto, to travel to the point of intersection of the two trains. Koichi also tells his plan to Ryunosuke that invites his three best friends to join him. Soon the seven children arrive to the meeting point in the journey of discoveries.
Leave your thoughts about I Wish.
| New York TimesManohla DargisI Wish tends toward the vaporous and not just because of its volcano; but whenever its children are on screen, lighted up with joy or dimmed by hard adult truths, the film burns bright. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmThe film is long and slow but repays close watching because Kore-eda is one of Japan's best contemporary directors and he avoids sentimentality throughout. |
| The SkinnyPhilip ConcannonWe all spend so much time yearning for films as good as this, and to this reviewer at least, the latest great work from Hirokazu Koreeda is pure wish-fulfilment. |
| Time OutTom HuddlestonEvery performance works, every character fits, every observation rings true. |
| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannTransforms the commonplace into the extraordinary. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA charming and inventive Japanese movie about wishes, questing, friendship, sibling solidarity, and the wonderful support of grandparents when we need them the most. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawThe moving and deeply satisfying work of a director who just keeps on getting better. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonAll life in its haphazard glory is here, but it's the children's friendship that holds you tight - and as the two trains crossed on the cinema screen, I wished more films about childhood were as good as this. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordKoreeda's like a modern Ozu, documenting the trickle down effect of global economic changes on once strongly held traditions of Japanese family life. |
| Movie HabitMarty MapesA charming, magical-childhood film from Japan |
