this is one of his more “tolerable” ones post-Pengabdi Setan because the cast is great and he tries to be more stupid (with mixed results), despite still being intolerable with its ham-fisted one-dimensional sociopolitical critique and his usual clumsy writing. ok bro we get it you hate the government, but now what? *inserts Alex Jones liberal gif*
finally someone had to put this on letterboxd
like a very smooth driving journey through the plains and highways, Drive My Car takes most of its time subtly building a somber atmosphere, looking deep into our main characters' lost souls and heavy burdens and invites us to engross ourselves within its world.
like Hamaguchi's preceding work Happy Hour, Drive My Car progresses quite slowly, but his writing makes every moment counts and every single second not wasted carelessly, as we reminisce upon all our pains and sorrow emulated…
