Shoplifters

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Shoplifters

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Released Nov 23, 2018

2h 1m

Crime

Drama

Adventure

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On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders is united by fierce loyalty and a penchant for petty theft. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.

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Critics Consensus

Understated yet ultimately deeply affecting, Shoplifters adds another powerful chapter to director Hirokazu Koreeda's richly humanistic filmography.

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Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

A film that just grows and grows and grows. It seems very quiet, but you are absolutely hooked.

Sep 13, 2019

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

[Shoplifters] is a film edged by despair, and yet is life-affirming. Families may disintegrate, but love keeps us ticking over.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 11, 2019

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda fills the film with grace notes, humor and fine observations, circling and filling out each character while leaning more on innocence than corruption.

Jan 4, 2019

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Hirokazu Kore-eda is one of my favorite directors working today and he did not disappoint with Shoplifters.

Aug 7, 2024

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

You feel like you’re watching the lives of real people as the story grows and sprouts. It makes the smaller moments of bonding, such as a trip to the beach, all the more charming. Yet it also makes the eventual truths all the more shocking.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Brendan Cassidy

InSession Film

The best movies teach you something you may not have already considered, and Shoplifters might do just that for many people, especially families.

Rated: A

Jul 2, 2024

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Lars N

Slow but constantly developing into new, surprising territory. There's such a strange mix of tenderness and love, tragedy and sorrow a play here, that is genuinely rare to see. Stuck with me afterward

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/08/24

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Gortee U

I like how they manage to have rolecosters of emotions and still keep attaching to the movie even after some months later i cant think of any probelms whit this movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/25/24

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Gitansh G

5 star scale is not enough

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/19/24

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Tom F

Intense look at a chosen family of discards. Beautifully shot and acted.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/22/24

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Vishal C

Hmm, I do not know how to feel about it, enjoyed it tho.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/24

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Alec B

Lots of people have explored the importance of the "families we choose" dynamic, but Koreeda makes the strongest case for it here. Its an immensely powerful movie, one that sees its fringe characters as fully complex humans.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/05/24

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Synopsis

On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders is united by fierce loyalty and a penchant for petty theft. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Producer: Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi
Screenwriter: Hirokazu Koreeda
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: AOI Pro, Fuji Television Network Inc., GAGA
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content and Nudity)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Adventure
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 23, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.3M
Runtime: 2h 1m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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