Review of Norwegian Wood (2010) by Teddy V — 13 May 2012
This is a very faithful adaptation of the Haruki Murakami novel of the same name in which a college student in Tokyo is caught up in a passionate relationship with a doomed, mentally troubled friend from his high school days damaged by her boyfriendâ(TM)s suicide while at the same time forming a close relationship with a free-spirited, sexually frank classmate.
The film is elevated considerably above run of the mill coming of age stories by the intensity of the emotions and the vividness of the setting, part of which takes place in a remote asylum situated in nature, the other in an urban campus environment of dorms, bookstores and late 1960s street protests.
Eventually the settings fade into a background against which the psychology of the characters is portrayed, anguished, lonely, searching. The movie nicely captures both the pain and joy of the young students coming of age.
This review of Norwegian Wood (2010) was written by Teddy V on 13 May 2012.
Norwegian Wood has generally received positive reviews.
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