The Japanese filmmaker guides his actors as if they were just learning emotions, creating an impression of awkwardness.

~ Mateusz Tarwacki -

The Japanese filmmaker guides his actors as if they were just learning emotions, creating an impression of awkwardness.

~ Mateusz Tarwacki -

A melancholy look at love and the various ways in which people understand their connections to others.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A melancholy look at love and the various ways in which people understand their connections to others.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quiet and unassuming yet making some devastating points, Hamaguchi's film is shot with deceptive simplicity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quiet and unassuming yet making some devastating points, Hamaguchi's film is shot with deceptive simplicity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hamaguchi isn’t scared to completely change the rhythm of his film on a dime, something that is likely to frustrate as many people as it delights.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hamaguchi isn’t scared to completely change the rhythm of his film on a dime, something that is likely to frustrate as many people as it delights.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Slow to build and with an assembly of characters who are all more complex than they seem on the surface, Drive My Car exemplifies Japan’s growing body of literary cinema.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Slow to build and with an assembly of characters who are all more complex than they seem on the surface, Drive My Car exemplifies Japan’s growing body of literary cinema.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Higashide will no doubt attract most attention, impressive in his ability to inhabit two very different characters, yet it's Karata who is the power at the heart of the film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Higashide will no doubt attract most attention, impressive in his ability to inhabit two very different characters, yet it's Karata who is the power at the heart of the film.

~ Jennie Kermode -