We Are Little Zombies

Name: We Are Little Zombies
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: July 10, 2020
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Akito Inui, Chai, Eriko Hatsune, Gô Rijû, Keita Ninomiya

2020

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Nikkatsu | Release Date (Streaming): July 10, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Akito Inui, Chai, Eriko Hatsune, Gô Rijû, Keita Ninomiya, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Masaaki Akahori, Masako Yasumoto, Masatoshi Nagase, Mondo Okumura, Nobue Iketani, Rinko Kikuchi, Satoshi Mizuno, Sena Nakajima, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Youki Kudoh

Summary: When four young orphans—Hikari, Ikuko, Ishi, and Takemura—first meet, their parents’ bodies are being turned into dust, like fine Parmesan atop a plate of spaghetti Bolognese, and yet none of them can shed a tear. They are like zombies; devoid of all emotion. With no family, no future, no dreams, and no way to move forward, the young teensWhen four young orphans—Hikari, Ikuko, Ishi, and Takemura—first meet, their parents’ bodies are being turned into dust, like fine Parmesan atop a plate of spaghetti Bolognese, and yet none of them can shed a tear. They are like zombies; devoid of all emotion. With no family, no future, no dreams, and no way to move forward, the young teens decide that the first level of this new existence involves salvaging a gaming console, an old electric bass, and a charred wok from their former homes—just enough to start a band…and then conquer the world. … Expand

Director: Makoto Nagahisa

Genre(s): Drama, Music

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 120 min

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The Playlist Joe Blessing

Jul 9, 2020

We Are Little Zombies is much more about style than story. Nagahisa delivers a visual tour-de-force, careening wildly through an unimaginable array of arresting shots. Read full review

Jessica Kiang

Jul 10, 2020

No pulsating, psychedelic, pop-punk phantasmagoria ought to be as moving and smart as We Are Little Zombies. But Makoto Nagahisa’s explosively ingenious and energetic debut (imagine it as the spiritual offspring of Richard Lester and a Harajuku Girl) holds the high score for visual and narrative invention, as well as boasting [insert gigantic-beating-heart GIF] and braaaains, too. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Jul 11, 2020

Nagahisa's script dares to embrace true nihilism: not selfishness, not posturing decadence, but the genuine commitment to your core that the meaningless of the world isn't a bug, it's a feature. These zombies may be dancing in the trash, but at least they're dancing. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jul 9, 2020

Smart, noisy and flashily assured, We Are Little Zombies is entirely, gleefully its own thing. Read full review

Emily Yoshida

Jul 10, 2020

A rainbow-colored scream into the abyss, Nagahisa’s story of a quartet of orphaned tweens who start a chiptune rock band is as rigorous in its exploration of grief as it is stylistically exuberant, and one of the most exciting premieres at Sundance this year. Read full review

Derek Smith

Jul 2, 2020

The film is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a world where emotions are accessed and revealed primarily through digital intermediaries. Read full review

Fionnuala Halligan

Jul 10, 2020

Fitfully-entertaining, the film says many things in many different ways about one subject – the de-sensitising effect of the have-it-all media age on young people. Prolonged exposure to it will certainly reawaken the senses, although not in a way that’s always welcome. Read full review

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