In what seems to be the near future, a married couple and their young daughter deal their "techno-sapien" android/nanny Yang ceasing to function. As the husband tries to get him (note, not "it") refurbished, he learns more about Yang's life, both with his family and the one before he met them. "Technos" like Yang are equipped with memory that allow them to record a few seconds each day, and in some of the film's finest moments, the husband gains access to these. It's touching to see what was notable to Yang, who is more human-like (or even Christ-like) than machine, and Kogonada explores what it means to be a conscious organism in a world where technology could possibly create consciousness.
Despite the premise, After Yang seems to deal more with death and the loss of a gentle person in one's life than it does with the traditional themes of robots in science fiction. It certainly doesn't pursue some of the more interesting angles, e.g. The privacy breach Yang represents. When the company "recycles" technos, you see, it has access to a massive amount of information about the family they were with. We see that Yang is warm and gentle, in direct contrast to specter of a high-tech Big Brother or the cool, emotionless tension we see in the parents, and it made me wonder whether it was possible to create organisms that are better than humans, and not the apocalyptic Terminator type devices seen elsewhere.
It's all a very interesting concept, but I'm not sure Kogonada did as much with it as he could have. He also moves this film along at too slow a pace, one bordering on pretentiousness. The wonderful dance sequence in the opening credits and Mitski's cover of Glide help breathe life into it, but not enough for me to truly love this film. Maybe more perspective from the little girl or mother, or maybe letting up on the brake to allow for more of development in the story would have done it for me. Worth seeing though.
Plot summary
When his young daughter's beloved companion, an android named Yang , malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife (Jodie Turner-Smith) and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
June 10, 2022 at 05:07 PM
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Worth seeing
somnolent
When I check to see how much time is left in a movie, I know it's a stinker. "Profound, sincere, beautiful, meaningful, contemplative, etc." lose their meaning when one's asleep.
Moving and melancholic
Kogonada may be the best director working today, and I say that while considering the fact that he only has only released two feature length movies. He's doing what he does best better than anyone else does what they do best. Quality over quantity, beautifully shot, emotionally charged, cathartic movies.
His movies are not for everyone, but for fans of Ozu and Japanese/Eastern Asian sentiment in movies he is a Modern, updated version.
Note: Ozu should be appreciated, but to say some of his movies did not age is absurd, most 40s/50s movies show some age, and this does not exclude the greats (except maybe Kurosawa).
I would say whether you are watching this or Columbus (2017), don't search too hard for strongly pronounced, singular themes on the human condition. Otherwise, you'll get lost in all of them and end up like the top commenters calling the movie pretentious and boring while having never watched a French movie from the 60s.
Kogonada makes movies that make you feel as opposed to think. I didn't even know why I was feeling certain emotions, but I certainly did. That's okay though, not everything needs to be so black and white.
I think 10 different people could watch this movie and have 10 different opinions about what it is about, and they could all be right. But truly, don't think so hard, it's not that type of movie.
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WONDER BOY if any chocolate is actually BLACK id suggest chucking it out mate hahaha
Been waiting for Spiderman...
There are beautiful chicks in every race I don t mind diversity. Like white chocolate brown chocolate black chocolat to me it taste all the same. mmmmmmm......
The movie was -1/10. Very bad overall.
Thanks!
Vamoooooooooooooooooos
Rated 5.Seriously don,t know why this confusing movie was rated so high.
Whisper 2007 please...
A surefire cure for insomnia. Tediously forgettable.
This Movie is Boring and slow to the core, a true waist of time, why the high rating I don't get the hype. There's so many better movies to watch that deserve better ratings. Overrated and Not recommended.
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SPIDER MAN WILL BE OUT MARCH 22
spider man no way home come out in 3 weeks
if you love RACISM, this movie is yours.
i cant leave comments bc they arent movie related but all the racist republicans can?
I usually enjoy Colin Farrell, but this one sux big time! Boring AF feel-good tripe
YTS Still works for Russians
Does anyone when Spiderman No Way Home will come out in digital. thanks.
my iPhone breaks and I have to engage with the real world: the movie
@Deezy69 seems like you think you have all the answers hey? Or should I say opinions? You are one overly-opinionated person with no respect for others. You keyboard warrior you, coochie-coo!
you know, people constantly make this mistake all the time, but the fact is, the meaning of 'Race' is that of a species, not ethnicity! So if you are talking about race, we are all the same race, as in the 'Human Race'!
@Iceman2005 if you have 2 explain that something isn`t racist.....its probably racist......because if it wasn`t racist you wouldn`t need to add a caveat.
If you don`t like diverse movies, STOP WATCHING THEM......go watch your boring indoctrination church movies or something from Ben Sheephero
Before Yin? No. After Yang.
This version is cropped, the movie changes the aspect ratio
brilliant film. cinema does not get much better than this. true art
that was fast