Perhaps Kore-eda's most gentle film, the conflicts in this film might not be life-threatening, but are certainly life-defining to these characters. Just like his other films, Kore-eda has made these characters so relatable to the audience. Even if you do not personally relate to the sisters, you are bound to know someone else who does.

The sisters are stereotyped to a degree but nothing too far-fetched that would be fantastical and I would chalk it down to the fact that…

Something something suspension of disbelief.

While Dead Reckoning turned the camp up to a hundred, plenty of action and delightfully precarious set pieces meant that it remained a Mission Impossible film through and through.

The Final Reckoning somehow has some of the least action for being the longest film in the franchise. Instead it relies on nostalgia and fan service (some of which are clever I will it) to carry the audience through its baffling AI plotline and tragically underwhelming…