Synopsis
Are they the ones we dream of, or the ones we fail to see among us?
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
かいぶつ, Kaibutsu, Canavar, Monstro, Monster - vaarallinen leikki, L'innocence, Το τέρας, Szörnyeteg, Monstruo, Монстр, Quái Vật, Culpado - Inocente - Monstro, מפלצת, L'innocenza, La inocencia, Briesmonis, 괴물, L'Innocence, Netvor, มอนสเตอร์, תמימות, هیولا, MONSTER - 2023, Το Τέρας, Pošast, Die Unschuld, Monstras, Monstre, Чудовище, Čudovište, Monstrs, Koletis, ურჩხული
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
like i feel bad for the kids but there is no way mr hori deserved all that
"Who's the monster?"
Is it the kids who think they're monsters because the world hinders them from accepting and understanding themselves? Or is it the world that makes them think that way? A word is without meaning unless we give one to it. If we instill a hurtful meaning into a kid's mind, it affects how they see the world and how they see themselves.
Children must be protected, and not be neglected. Not everyone can be a parent, but every kid needs parents who want and genuinely care for them. Sometimes, we lie not to hurt others but to hide the truth so we can avoid being misunderstood and judged. Lies can be a product of fear of not…
“our poop will go back in our butts”
Best Screenplay Winner at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival
For the first two sections of this film, I was a ball of tension, searching for the puzzle piece to unlock what was happening. And assuming the worst. I should’ve know that Kore-eda doesn’t go for the shock. Instead, as with the other two films of his that I have seen and love, he reminds us that it’s our connections that make us human, make us happy, make life worth it.
By using multiple perspectives, the film makes clear that we can never know everything about the people we encounter in life. But, when we assume the worst, there can be devastating results.
By the third act, I started crying and didn’t stop. This film is tender in its beauty and sorrow and I’ll carry that with me.
this made me cry so, so much. sometimes at the subtle brutality of what we’re asked to endure alongside these boys, and other times merely at the simple beauties of such a meaningful and deeply felt - yet simultaneously socially dangerous - “friendship.” rarely have i seen a film with a script so clearly inspired by rashomon that actually does its inspiration justice, but monster is not only that - it deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as kurosawa’s classic. as profound as it is painful, always successfully contrasting the inescapable cruelty of society with the pockets of compassion that still survive in this wicked world, against all odds. a monumental work, and at first blush, maybe a masterpiece as well.