Mountains May Depart fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, low-key.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Profoundly sad and moving
Much of it is about family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, family, and society
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Standout cinematography
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Mountains May Depart is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Profoundly sad and moving
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's profoundly sad, moving, and cathartic. Much of it is about family.
Everyday modern life, family, and society
Its world is built around everyday modern life, family, and society.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
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Mountains May Depart is included with a subscription to Kino Film Collection in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 77/100 (IMDb 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, and Metacritic 79). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
2 h 7 min
Mountains May Depart runs 2 h 7 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Mountains May Depart higher (84) than audiences (71). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Chinese, with some cn, English. Produced in China, France, Japan.
+17GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Mountains May Depart in 31 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 25 storytelling tropes for Mountains May Depart, including 20 Minutes into the Future, Ambition Is Evil, Bookends.
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