All About Lily Chou-Chou
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73 out of 100

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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Iwai's ambitious drama is strikingly shot, poignantly acted by a splendid young cast, and enriched by surprising use of Debussy classics on the soundtrack.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    80
    One of the most haunting, viciously honest coming-of-age films in recent memory.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    So enigmatic, oblique and meandering that it's like coded religious texts that requires monks to decipher.
  4. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    30
    The concept was interesting and charming in "Love Letters," up to a point, but here it quickly becomes repetitive, obvious, and dull.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. ChadS.
    8
    After "All About Lily Chou Chou" pulls a switch-a-roo with its principal protagonist, and gives us a second boy to carry us down the stretch, it does take some time to adjust. A potentially great film is watered down slightly by a purposeful lack of clarity, which seems unnecessary because we already have the on-screen text to give the film a diffusive quality. But the soundtrack saves the day. "All About Lily Chou Chou", unlike any film I've ever seen, pins down the sacrosanct relationship between alienated teenagers and their music. Told with a little more convention, without necesarily sacrificing any narrative sophistication, this film could've been the equivalent of "The 400 Blows".… Expand

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