Fresh
An extremely well-written, emotionally complex coming-of-age tale that has a John Hughesian respect for teenage angst.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Linda Linda Linda
High school girls play The Blue Hearts!
2005 · 1h 55m · TV-PG
Comedy, Drama, Music
Directed by
Nobuhiro Yamashita
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Linda Linda Linda
Overview
Only three days before the school festival, a newly formed high school band rushes to put together a set for their big show — including a hit single by '80s by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
If The Beatles were teen girls starring in a John Hughes picture made with a distinctly Japanese attention to the comedy of everyday life, the movie showcasing it all would go something like this.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
It's the kind of high-school movie about kids and music that Hollywood would never be able to capture with such intimacy, nuance and restraint.
Ted Fry, Seattle Times
Fresh
An understated and disarmingly human tale of an all-girl band in the runup to the annual rock festival at the members' school.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
Funny, droll, sweetly directed and note-perfect.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
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