Review | Sheep in the Box: Hirokazu Koreeda Tackles Grief in Sci-Fi Drama

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s AI Family Drama ‘Sheep in the Box’ Earns 3.5-Minute Standing Ovation at Cannes

Hirokazu Kore-eda's near-future drama about a couple who adopt an infant humanoid premiered in Cannes competition to a 3.5-minute standing ovation.

Cannes: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Sheep in the Box’ Premieres to Warm Reception

At this year's Cannes Film Festival, 'Sheep in the Box' from Hirokazu Kore-eda, premiered to a five-minute standing ovation from the gathered crowd.

'Sheep in the Box' Review: Japanese Film About Grief and Parenting is a Lo-Fi Stunner

“Sheep in the Box,” Hirokazu Kore-eda’s movie about androids, artificial intelligence and found family, plays out in exactly the ways you might think a Kore-eda film about those subjects would, and is also something uniquely and touchingly unexpected. Kore-eda (“Shoplifters,” “Still Walking”) has always been a humanist filmmaker, one who has no naïvete about our capacity for destruction, even as he celebrates the ways people, despite their own s…

Review | Sheep in the Box: Hirokazu Koreeda tackles grief in sci-fi drama

Hirokazu Koreeda’s Cannes entry probes grief, artificial intelligence and family bonds, but its subplots leave the film scattered.

‘Sheep in the Box’ Review: A Married Couple Adopt a Robot Copy of Their Dead Son in Hirokazu Koreeda’s Emotionally Stilted Riff on ‘A.I.’

A married couple adopts a robot copy of their dead son in sweet but stunted grief drama 'Sheep in the Box' from Hirokazu Koreeda.

Rimu Kuwaki Debut In Hirokazu Koreeda Film 'Sheep In A Box'

Japanese newcomer Rimu Kuwaki makes his debut as a savvy robot child surrogate in auteur Hirokazu Koreeda‘s Sheep in the Box, premiering in Competition today at the Cannes Film Festival. Palme d’Or winner Koreeda is a regular in Cannes, largely returning to present films that deal with issues of life, death and parenting, both good […]