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  • 2006
  • TV-PG
  • Viz Pictures
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 2006
  • TV-PG
  • Viz Pictures
  • 1 h 54 m
Linda Linda Linda

Summary 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...

Directed By: Nobuhiro Yamashita

Written By: Kôsuke Mukai, Wakako Miyashita, Nobuhiro Yamashita

  • 2006
  • TV-PG
  • Viz Pictures
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 2006
  • TV-PG
  • Viz Pictures
  • 1 h 54 m

Linda Linda Linda

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
4.8
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Summary 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...

Directed By: Nobuhiro Yamashita

Written By: Kôsuke Mukai, Wakako Miyashita, Nobuhiro Yamashita

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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17% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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17% Negative
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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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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]
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
83
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.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
75
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.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
30
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.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Bitters End, Covers & Co., Vap/Cave
Release Date Nov 10, 2006
Duration 1 h 54 m
Rating TV-PG
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Website http://www.linda-movie.com/
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Awards

Chlotrudis Awards
• 4 Nominations
Japanese Professional Movie Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Udine Far East Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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