Sakura Andô is staggeringly beautiful, which would be distracting if she weren't such a great actress. She definitely stood out and that's tough for a movie with such great performances. I thoroughly enjoyed this and it was full of surprises, which I thought would be tough to do outside total twists or shock scares. Classifying this as "crime, drama" is inaccurate, but I get it. It's a drama, but it's so uplifting both the drama and the crimes are outshone by heart in this movie, and I say "heart" as a total misanthrope. This movie really touches you and shows you just how important human connection is to us, and not in a smarmy way, but rather in a way that highlights how that need for connection can be so easily assuaged and turn into genuine familial love.
Review of Shoplifters
