A Story of Floating Weeds fingerprintNo humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic and moving
Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
Family and history
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
A Story of Floating Weeds is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic and moving
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's melancholic and moving. Much of it is about family.
Family and history
Its world is built around family and history.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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A Story of Floating Weeds is included with a subscription to HBO Max in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Plex and Fawesome. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 89/100 (IMDb 7.6 and Rotten Tomatoes 100%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
1 h 26 min
A Story of Floating Weeds runs 1 h 26 min.
Not quite. Critics rate A Story of Floating Weeds higher (100) than audiences (80). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Japanese, with some xx. Produced in Japan.
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TV Tropes lists 14 storytelling tropes for A Story of Floating Weeds, including The Alcoholic, Becoming the Mask, Betty and Veronica.
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