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Like Father, Like Son

At what point does a father truly become a father?

2013 · 2h · Not Rated Drama
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

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Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

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86%
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Fresh

If you've seen any of Koreeda's previous films, and especially the wrenching children-alone saga Nobody Knows, it won't surprise you to learn that the observation of children in Like Father, Like Son is unfailingly acute ...

Geoff Pevere, Globe and Mail
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Koreeda's film never feels gimmicky; he uses the situation to examine both nature and nurture while dealing with ties that simply can't be broken. "Like Father, Like Son" ponders the meaning of family.

Tom Long, Detroit News
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Writer and director Hirokazu Koreeda does not pretend that there are easy answers in his film, which at times plays almost like a fable. But the emotions and heartbreak are always grounded in reality.

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
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If you've seen Hirokazu Koreeda's films - Nobody Knows, Still Life, I Wish - then just the announcement that a new one, Like Father, Like Son, has arrived is all you need to know.

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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A moving drama about parenthood from Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda.

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

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