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A.k.a.
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Year
2018
Runtime
109 min.
Director
Shin'ichirô Ushijima
Genres
Drama, Romance, Animation
Rating *
7.7
Votes *
0
Checks
203
Favs
20
Dislikes
2
Favs/checks
9.9% (1:10)
Favs/dislikes
10:1
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    Siskoid

    I can't argue with I Want to Eat Your Pancreas' detractors that the premise of a dour loner beings awakened to the world around him by what is uncharitably (in this case) called a manic pixie dream girl (of the dying variety) has been done, but Shinichiro Ushijima's film is so well-observed and sensitive to the teen psyche that I can't possibly see it that way. This isn't a romance, not really, and initially more of a naive seduction at her hands, making moves before her life is cut short by a pancreatic disease. The relationship is awkward in part because it only exists due to his being her only classmate who knows her secret. And he's not just a loner, he's incapable of processing and properly exhibiting emotion, asocial perhaps by way of being somewhere on the spectrum. Critics similarly mistake the objectionable moment where they sexually harass each other as somehow teaching that this is okay. The film doesn't judge; these are kids making mistakes in moments of heightened emotionality. "I don't like this behavior" is a normal response, but not an indictment of a story that's true to its characters. We know from the beginning we're in for some heartache, and yet, it still finds a way to surprise and pack a punch. 1 month 4 weeks ago
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