
Upon hearing the song "Norwegian Wood," Toru (Matsuyama) remembers back to his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend. As the two try, in very different ways, to contend with their grief, Toru forms a bond with another woman, Midori.... (Full plot summary below)
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Upon hearing the song "Norwegian Wood," Toru (Matsuyama) remembers back to his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend. As the two try, in very different ways, to contend with their grief, Toru forms a bond with another woman, Midori.
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| Time OutDavid JenkinsThe performances of the young cast attain an affecting blend of reticence and hope, but it's Tran's fastidious technique that nudges the film into the realms of greatness. |
| TheDivaReview.comDiva VelezOutstanding performances blend beautifully with a sharp, unsentimental script, stunning cinematography and evocative score to make Norwegian Wood a haunting, mesmerizing symphony of heartache, love, loss and hope. |
| Arizona RepublicRichard NilsenWe cover years at a bound, but when we light, we tend to spend long, lingering moments through the camera's loving eye. This is a beautiful film to see. |
| Washington ExaminerKelly Jane TorranceNorwegian Wood is a lovely film -- which seems like a strange thing to say about a piece of work that centers on love and loss. |
| Seanax.comSean Axmaker... suffused in melancholia, with imagery as delicate as the lives it presents and atmospheres so fragile they look like they'd shatter under too much emotional pressure. |
| London Evening StandardDavid SextonYou have to take it at its own meditative pace, to wait it out. But then what you get is a love story to cherish permanently. |
| AV ClubSam AdamsTran's visual precision is betrayed by his jumbled script, which fails to impose a cinematic structure on the source material. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfThe script doesn't possess all of the answers, but there's enough here to leave the movie sporadically stunning and consistently perceptive. |
| Monsters and CriticsRon WilkinsonThe juxtaposing of nature and three young lovers make this film a feast for the eyes and the heart. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenTepid, exhausting-overlong tale of sexual awakening adapted from a popular novel. |