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Linda Linda Linda

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 6 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Drama | Foreign | Musical
Written by:
Kôsuke Mukai
Wakako Miyashita
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Directed by: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 10, 2006
DVD: May 8, 2007
Running Time: 114 minutes, Color
Origin: Japan
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Du-na Bae, Aki Maeda, Yu Kashii, Shiori Sekine, Takayo Mimura, Shione Yukawa, Yuko Yamazaki, and Masahiro Komoto
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race against time as the group struggles to learn three tunes for the festival's rock concert. (Viz Media)
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What The Critics Said
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San Francisco Chronicle G. Allen Johnson
Sounds like silly fun -- and Linda Linda Linda is -- but it is also an extremely well-written, emotionally complex coming-of-age tale that has a John Hughesian respect for teenage angst.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
These girls can cook, and Yamashita captures them with an austere, unhurried visual style that has been rightly compared to rock aficionado/filmmakers Aki Kaurismaki ("Ariel") and Jim Jarmusch ("Mystery Train"). [8 Dec 2006, p.2]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Where you might expect either overheated teen melodrama or cartoonish farce, Nobuhiro creates a lively, engaging, character-driven piece with flourishes of offbeat humor dancing around the dynamics of the foursome as they pull together in rehearsals.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
As directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita , the sluggish haze between extracurricular activities is exquisitely captured and framed, then patiently edited. Every shot feels like a gift.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
The irritations and tedium of high school life are staged with refreshing simplicity, while the performers interact with an age-appropriate naturalness the American teenage movie rarely achieves.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
This aimless, lifeless time-killer about four teenage girls prepping for their rock-band gig in a school talent show proves entirely the wrong choice.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.7 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
