Movie #3276 "Monster" (Amazon Prime) This japanese film was recommended to me by a friend, and I really enjoyed watching it --- it won best screenplay at Cannes and was a nominee for the Palm d'or (highest award), and it is beautifully shot, and the screenplay is very skillfully done. It deals with two little boys and their relationship --- the one is considered "weird" because he is smaller and "Prettier" than the other boys, and the other one just wants to go through life not being noticed. When he finds himself standing up for the boy who is bullied, he sets a chain reaction of emotions into play. What's cool about the screenplay is that the short story is shown through 3 points of view --- first, we see action through the eyes of the mother of the boy who defends the bullied one, then the teacher's point of view, and finally the boy himself --- the kid's part is especially well done! And , of course, it is the clearest and ties everything together. If we could just listen to our kids and reach out to them and not be so busy in our own everyday lives! I'd give this a 4 and recommend it for something that is very poignant and different to watch.
"MONSTER" 2023 PG-13 2 hours and 7 minutes
A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Writer: Yuji Sakamoto
Actors: Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa
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