Toronto. The Mourning Forest.

"Though [Naomi Kawase's The Mourning Forest] delves into larger questions and touches on ethical issues, its force lies in its ability to evoke the inner life of its mourning characters adrift in a perceptual haze of conflicting emotions while encountering incidents that are at once confusing, sad, comical, frightening and surreal," writes Doug Cummings.

"I was frustratingly unmoved by the two leads, and the last image of the film - that inevitable grasp at transcendence - was too calculated and a little clumsy," writes Darren Hughes. "But don't listen to me. Everyone else loves it."

Earlier: Reviews from Cannes.

Posted by dwhudson at October 3, 2007 5:16 AM