Floating Weeds fingerprintStrong craft, striking style, no humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and profoundly sad
Much of it is about family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Family, everyday modern life, and history
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction, storytelling, and characters
Standout cinematography
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Floating Weeds is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and profoundly sad
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving and profoundly sad. Much of it is about family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Family, everyday modern life, and history
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around family, everyday modern life, and history. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction, storytelling, and characters
The direction, storytelling, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
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Floating Weeds is included with a subscription to HBO Max in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Plex, and Darkroom. 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 7.9 and Rotten Tomatoes 96%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
1 h 55 min
Floating Weeds runs 1 h 55 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Floating Weeds higher (96) than audiences (85). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Japanese. Produced in Japan.
+117GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Floating Weeds in 131 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 25 storytelling tropes for Floating Weeds, including The Fellowship Has Ended, Give Him a Normal Life, Color Motif.
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