SummaryOnly 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 con... Read More
Directed By:Nobuhiro Yamashita
Written By:Kôsuke Mukai, Wakako Miyashita, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Linda Linda Linda
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Generally Favorable
74
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Generally Favorable
6.4
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
74
83% Positive
5 Reviews
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17% Negative
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100
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.
88
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
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.
80
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.
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.
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.
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6.4
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Mar 1, 2025
10
Honestly, I don't really consider this as a really "critical" or "expert" analysis of this film. I'm not of those who are able to give that level. However, though, from a "basic" viewer's perspective, I could really appreciate how comforting is this movie to me. And how many things developed in just a few days. Really beautiful movie. Though, 10 might be biased.
Jan 25, 2018
8
No es la mejor película del mundo, su estética es pobre y genérica, no obstante fuera de los valores técnicos y de producción hay una historia pura y sin pretensiones, que la hace valer la pena. Las ideas se expresan con sutileza e inocencia, por lo tanto dista bastante del cine contemporáneo que tanto se engrandece, aquí no hay ritmos exagerados, ni visiones adolescentes y sin pragmatismo (vease Sing Street). Chistes aparte, esta película es única en su modo de expresión y en su visión de la música como un medio y no como un fin.
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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Awards
Chlotrudis Awards
• 4 Nominations
Japanese Professional Movie Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Udine Far East Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
