Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- David “DC” Bolling @ DC’s Take
- Excerpt: Because of the fantastic direction from Hamaguchi and its screenplay, co-written by him and Takanasa Oe, it’s nothing short of being generally authentic within all its characters and the long interested dialogue moments in how they’re eating with what’s in front of them.
- Travis Burgess @ The Sacred Wall
- Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Adapting the Haruki Murakami short story to expound upon his own themes of performance and identity, cowriter (with Takamasa Oe)/director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (“Happy Hour,” “Asako I & II”) charts dual journeys of grief, each fueled by a different emotion…simply sublime.
- Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Sorry, but this doleful Saab story is not my Ford Tempo.
- Blake Howard @ Dark Horizons
- [New] | Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: DRIVE MY CAR is a very slow-moving film about a experimental theatrical director who has been recently widowed.
- Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: It’s an invigorating experience that never feels excessive in its run-time because we need each new dynamic to grow before its revelations can be earned.
- Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: It also won Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Golden Globe Awards and, in my opinion, should be the second foreign film to win the Oscar for best film.
- Josh Taylor @ The Forgetful Film Critic
- Excerpt: Drive My Car is a meditation on finding human connection in the hardest circumstances. It’s filled with the beauty of the human spirit.
- James Wegg @
- Excerpt: Based on a short story of the same name by Haruki Murakami (whose many novels include the masterpiece, Kafka on the Shore), director/co-writer Ryûsuke Hamaguchi along with Takamasa Oe, have taken the original premise and brought it to cinematic life and death in a film that wouldn’t disappoint by an Oscar recognition in March.
- Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It has lots to say about love and its complexities, as well as regret and acceptance.
