Aki Maeda,
Yu Kashii,
Shiori Sekine,
Bae Doo Na,
Bae Du-Na
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Four schoolgirls put the axiom "the show must go on" to the test in this rock & roll teen comedy drama from Japan. Nozumi (Shiori Sekine) and Kyoto (Aki Maeda) are two friends who attend the same high... read more
DVD Release Date: May 8, 2007
Stats: 298 reviews
Linda Linda Linda, from Nobuhiro Yamashita, focuses on friendship to put together a schoolgirl band."A music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival." There really isn't a whole lot more to it than that. Spanning nearly two hours, if the
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Sweet Japanese film about four schoolgirls who form a band for the school talent contest. Luckily not as cliched as I'd feared, due to the focus on the girls and their friendship rather than the whole playing in a band thing.
Fun film with good performances from the girls in the band, great soundtrack from James Iha (of the Smashing Pumpkins), a solid script and good direction. In case you haven't heard of Japanese punk band, "The Blue Hearts", the title track is going to stay in your head.
Irresistibly charming. Bae Du-na is perfectly cast in Yamashita's deadpan style. Anyone who doesn't like this is an asshole.
What a gorgeous film. It integrates Linklater with Rivette: Linklater's culture-emptied, culture-inspired settings with Rivette's obsession with females creating art. Great stuff.
Best girl band movie ever!!!! The songs are awesome and the chemistry between teh girls is great. Also I love the subplots that involve each of the characters. Like Du-na bae's character's nervousness when the big performance finally rolls around or when she's practicing by singi... read more
Really great movie. As much as it embarrasses me to so fully enjoy a film with entirely female protagonists that doesn't involve blood drenched violence and raunchy sex scenes, I really can't argue with its greatness.
Very nice movie about a Japanese all-girl punk rock band. Heh. Kinda too long, though. Other than that, good.
This is on the All Time Top 10 for me. Maybe even Top 5. http://www.pcal.net/blog/2006/03/linda-linda-lin.html
I honestly can't find fault with this because it's so much a slice of life type of picture, that it's like just hanging out with your friends and kicking it while trying to put on a band. Knowing what it's like to be a teenager and put together projects, this had a nice touch for... read more
If The Beatles were teen girls starring in a John Hughes picture made with a distinctly Japanese attention to the comedy of everyday life, the movie showcasing it all would go something like this. Full Review
An understated and disarmingly human tale of an all-girl band in the runup to the annual rock festival at the members' school.
This technically OK but incident-free pic will induce sleep. Full Review
Doona Bae shines as the adorably awkward teenager who's never met a stage she's afraid of. Full Review
The movie provides a fine, shiny reminiscence of school days, when learning three guitar chords in the right order was the most important thing in the world. Full Review
Director Nobuhiro Yamashita seems to be aiming for a laconic deadpan tone, yet the static camera work and even-keel pacing elicit more yawns than chuckles. Full Review
It's the kind of high-school movie about kids and music that Hollywood would never be able to capture with such intimacy, nuance and restraint. Full Review
... a lively, engaging, character-driven piece with flourishes of offbeat humor... Full Review
The film exhorts a sense of nostalgia for the stressful trials of youth. Full Review
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