they were just jealous because Hoshikawa had such immaculate fits

like i feel bad for the kids but there is no way mr hori deserved all that

“our poop will go back in our butts”
Best Screenplay Winner at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival

the brass instrument bit was genius I got chills

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.

can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?

heaven is a place on earth with you

Did what I think happen actually happen

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.

what if i was suicidal

the final act was one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever seen in my life!!