Every time you think the film might pull back it screams 'giddy-up!"

It's weird when your first thought after a movie finishes is: "It wasn't that bad"

I applaud Koreeda for exploring "nice". It's got to be one of the greater challenges a filmmaker faces.

A film about a young man accused of touching a young girl's hip and right buttock under her skirt on a crowded train doesn't sound like a compelling two and a half hour legal drama, but this film is compelling and impeccably done. Japan's 99.9% conviction rate is the star of this show and it's scary stuff.