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- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: conveys the messy, boisterous joy of three generations sharing and caring in close quarters and the ofttimes harsh residuals of justice.
- Karl Delossantos @ Smash Cut Reviews
- Excerpt: Shoplifters is heartbreaking but often funny and hopeful look at a family of thieves relying on each other to make it day to day.
- Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
- Excerpt: Hirokazu Kore-eda brings a warm and empathetic touch to a challenging and complex look at what makes a family. It’s both beautiful to behold, but also incredibly devastating.
- Courtney Howard @ FreshFiction.tv
- Excerpt: With an exactingly tender touch, filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda delivers nothing short of a masterpiece – and perhaps also a career best.
- [New] | Jared Mobarak @ BuffaloVibe
- Excerpt: In lesser hands Shoplifters would ask us to pity the Shibatas’ impoverished plight or call them out as criminals. The way [Koreeda] presents them, however, has us basking in their independence, love, and joy.
- Diego Salgado @ Guía del Ocio [Spanish]
- Tusshar Sasi @ Filmy Sasi
- Excerpt: Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japanese film ‘Shoplifters’ heightens the tension – one revelation at a time – leading to a subdued yet powerful finale. Actors Lily Franky and Sakura Ando shine in this moving domestic drama about a group of misfits.
