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Liz and the Blue Bird
Directed by
Tatsuya Ishihara
,
Yasuhiro Takemoto
, and
Naoko Yamada
NR
2018
90m
Animation
,
Drama
,
and more
7.2
83%
78%
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Best friends in their last year of high school realise there is no such thing as being together forever.
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Cast of Liz and the Blue Bird
Atsumi Tanezaki
Mizore Yoroizuka (voice)
Nao Toyama
Nozomi Kasaki (voice)
Ayaka Asai
Hazuki Katou (voice)
Tomoyo Kurosawa
Kumiko Oumae (voice)
Chika Anzai
Reina Kousaka (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Masahiro Hashimoto (voice)
Conomi Fujimura
Natsuki Nakagawa (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Noboru Taki (voice)
Shiori Sugiura
Ririka Kenzaki (voice)
Miyu Honda
Liz (voice)
Moe Toyota
Sapphire 'Midori' Kawashima (voice)
Houko Kuwashima
Satomi Niiyama (voice)
Yuri Yamaoka
Yuuko Yoshikawa (voice)
Liz and the Blue Bird Ratings & Reviews
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
What's most impressive is that Yamada gives delicate life to a wafer-thin story of two friends drifting apart. Without ever feeling choppy or over edited, the shots are composed in microscopic detail.
Film Threat
Anthony Ray Bench
It's literally just quiet drama between a shy girl and her more outgoing friend accompanied by classical music. I'm sure there's an audience for Liz and the Blue Bird, but I'm just not a part of it.
Eye for Film
Jennie Kermode
Older viewers may find that the sheer quantity of angst on display here makes for a trying watch, and may wish the girls would pull themselves together and have a proper talk, but the simple prettiness of the film is liable to win it many fans.
Rotoscopers
Rachel Wagner
While it is not in the same league as A Silent Voice, it is a sweet and pleasant film that's worth a watch.
Jaredmobarak.com
Jared Mobarak
These are real teens so desperately searching for their place amongst each other that they forget to unearth what it is they want on their own terms.
IGN Movies
Natasha H.
Liz and the Blue Bird, while seemingly straightforward and simple, is one of the most structurally complex films about the necessity of communication for healthy relationships.
The Daily Dot
Michelle Jaworski
Liz and the Blue Bird soars from the get-go as it weaves together a fantastical fairy tale and a more intimate, relatable high school story.
The Hollywood Reporter
Jordan Mintzer
Yamada has a very keen eye for depicting adolescent malaise in visually evocative terms, and Liz and the Blue Bird could have benefited from even more flights of fancy than she allows for here.
Los Angeles Times
Charles Solomon
The sequences illustrating the fairy tale are rendered in a handsome water color style, but even these scenes feel too slow and deliberate to enliven the film.
INTO
Juan Barquin
Yamada equates the love between these two young women to a concert, impossible to perform unless there's communication and the two musicians fall perfectly in step with each other.
Film Inquiry
Benjamin Wang
From a formalist perspective, all of Yamada's films are fascinating, and Liz and the Blue Bird might be the most fascinating for its contrasts of style and color, and for its elaborate soundscape.
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