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‘Look Back’ Review: A Moving Tribute to Friendship

Updated 2026-09-07 18:25 UTC 2 sources Positive

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Look Back’ is a sweet adaptation from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga, focusing on the theme of friendship. Despite some over-preciousness in its first half, it becomes a poignant tribute to the bonds between characters.

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2026-09-07 18:15 UTC
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There’s barely an adult in sight in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back,” where anyone out of school age is marginalized practically to the point of superfluidity. Like much in the first half of this sweet — at times too sweet — adaptation from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga of the same title, also made into a
2026-09-07 18:19 UTC
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