Review of Like Father, Like Son (2013) by Eric H — 26 Jul 2014
This is a wonderful film. I really should see more of Koreeda's cinema. He's sort of like a modern day Ozu or a Japanese Dardenne. This film is about a family with a mother and father and a 6-year-old son.
Then they find out their son was switched with another family at the hospital. Under the hands of a lesser filmmaker, this would have been an overwrought family melodrama but Koreeda manages to treat the emotionally charged subject matter in such a way that it feels honest and real.
It moves you without feeling cheap. It's easy to milk cheap tears out of this thing but thankfully, it does not. Spielberg is gonna produce a Hollywood remake. I strongly suggest checking the original first.
This review of Like Father, Like Son (2013) was written by Eric H on 26 Jul 2014.
Like Father, Like Son has generally received very positive reviews.
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