Fresh
Every performance works, every character fits, every observation rings true.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
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I Wish
Overview
Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.
Director and cast
- Hirokazu Kore-eda Director
- Koki Maeda as Koichi Osako
- Oshirō Maeda as Ryoonosuke Kinami
- Nene Otsuka as Nozomi Osako
- Joe Odagiri as Kenji Kinami
- Ryôga Hayashi as Tasuku
- Hoshinosuke Yoshinaga as Shin Ota
- Kyara Uchida as Megumi Ariyoshi
- Kanna Hashimoto as Kanna
- Rento Isobe as Rento
- Masami Nagasawa as Mimura
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
What's so remarkable about the happiness the film brings is its simplicity.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Fresh
Like a train, "I Wish" is slow to build momentum, then it carries us away in a wondrous rush.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
You watch it remembering the days when you should have walked but simply had to run, and when you believed that, if you wished hard enough, your dead pet just might come back again.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
What a kind and wise movie this is.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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