We Couldn't Become Adults

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We Couldn't Become Adults

2021

2h 4m

Drama

Romance

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6 Reviews

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A friend request with a lost love sends a man back into his memories of the 1990s -- when life seemed to burn a little brighter.

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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke

Psychocinematography

We couldn't Become Adults is well worth a watch.

Dec 30, 2021

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JK Sooja

Common Sense Media

This Japanese drama is long, male-centric, and doesn't have much to say. So much of We Couldn't Become Adults reaches for a deep poignancy that just isn't there.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 7, 2021

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John Serba

Decider

We Couldn't Become Adults isn't exactly "ordinary," but neither is it as affecting as it wants to be.

Nov 13, 2021

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Mark Schilling

Japan Times

Soaked in nostalgia for 1990s Tokyo.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 11, 2021

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Roger Moore

Movie Nation

Not the easiest film to watch on Netflix. But I'll bet a lot of people can connect with the weary disappointment with life that Moriyama conveys with every head-shaking drag off a cigarette.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 9, 2021

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James Marsh

South China Morning Post

Mori does capture the mood of an exasperated generation perfectly, and his film arrives at a moment when motivation, optimism and progress feel like agonisingly abstract concepts.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 8, 2021

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Sawa N

It's awful!! So boring from the beginning to the end, nothing happens, just extremely boring. Don't waste your time on this shitty movie. ほんとつまらないし何が良いのか全く分からないしこれは時間の無駄。一切心に響かない自己満足の作品。最初から最後まで何も起きない。酷すぎて多くの人にこの作品に貴重な時間を使わないでという思いでレビュー書きました。

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/31/23

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kota i

Viewers will go back in their lives.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

If you became jaded and angry as you grew into an adult and often reminisce on how much better your youth was, watch this movie. Its really good. The story is a bit hard to get at first but makes sense by the end. Its told backwards from 2020 all the way to 1997 and then back again.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Sairi Itô

Kaori Kato

Masahiro Higashide

Kenta Sekiguchi

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Atsushi Shinohara

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Synopsis

A friend request with a lost love sends a man back into his memories of the 1990s -- when life seemed to burn a little brighter.

Director: Yoshihiro Mori
Producer: Teruhisa Yamamoto
Screenwriter: Ryô Takada
Production Co: C&I Entertainment
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 5, 2021
Runtime: 2h 4m

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