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Linda Linda Linda

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Linda Linda Linda reviews
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9.7 User Score:

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)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

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.

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88

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]

83

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.

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75

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.

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70

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.

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30

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.

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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.

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