InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Tolga H. Dur Most reviews here reduced "Go" to a simple love story with great acting and a critique of the racist, Japanese society. I disagree, and rather think that the movie focuses on what it means and feels like to be of foreign descent in any country really. First, the love story does not take place for about the first half of the movie. Rather, the daily life of the protagonist who visits a North Korean high school and has a violent, communist father is shown. It is made clear that both sides, Japanese and Korean tell him that he is different than the ethnically Japanese. For instance, everyone who speaks a word of Japanese gets beaten up by the teacher, which, some might not believe it, is not normal or legal in Japan. From the Japanese side, a constant fear is shown. The peak of this is when a Japanese high school student kills the protagonist's old, classmate out of reaction. It gets very clear that the boy did not have any intention but rather felt afraid and intimidated by the "evil North Korean". Even the protagonist's communist father is aware of the difficulties that this stark difference brings and thus suggests him to change nationalities when having the opportunity to. The love story, which everybody seems to focus on, really takes place in the second part of the movie. It is rather another tool the director chooses to convey the feeling of being of foreign descent. It is not the object of the director to make a Bollywood-like love story, as some suggested here. To make this point clear, just think of the protagonist as ethnically Japanese. Critical scenes which made me like the movie, would not take place. The couple would not have stopped their attempt to have sex for the first time because the protagonist confessed that he is a Zainichi (Japanese. for being of Korean descent). She would not have told him that her father used to say that Chinese and Korean have "dirty" blood. He would not have to face an awkward family dinner in which the girls' father, who thought that he is Japanese), talked about how great and virtuous Japan is and how lucky they all are to be of this ethnicity.But why use a love story in the first place and not show daily microaggressions such as the American counterparts do, you may ask? The answer is because there are hardly any. The Japanese culture is very much formed by the concept of Honne and Tatamae. A person would never show his or her true face (Honne) to a stranger. You have to get very close to a person for him or her to say what is really on their mind. In addition, the protagonist puts an effort to seem as Japanese as possible. He hardly tells someone his Korean first name and instead introduces himself with his Japanese last name. As a German of European descent whose ex-girlfriend was Korean American, I can confirm with great confidence that this does not just take place in "evil, racist" Japan. I heard numerous times why I speak German so well and that I do not look Turkish because of the way I dress. I have even felt great improvements in my dating game after dying my hair brown/blondish for fun. At the end, my personal relation is maybe the reason why I liked this film so much. I, too am a Zainichi, who is not Muslim and does not agree or relate to Turkish or Muslim culture at all. Yet I am the first person who is asked to explain actions of the ISIS and the Turkish president, I know nothing about. The movie ends with a scene where the protagonist screams: "Where am I from? Why are you all afraid of me?!". I would recommend everyone to watch the movie and think of it of more than "just a love story with a critique of Japanese society".

Whudepuck I had to watch this film for an university class. I liked how the main character was neither this nor that- He was neither Japanese, nor Korean. Neither South nor North. At the end of the movie he seems to accept that he is a Japanese born Korean, which shocked me. What shocked me more was that he was temperamental to all hell, but he was shown actually applying to schools and whatnot. While this movie does embody some patriarchal strains, to classify it as a "sterotypical Japanese" film would be incorrect as it is a movie told from a teenage boy's perspective. The quirks that the main female character has is a quality that endears her to him. Likewise, it is his ability to act out of context with societal roles that endears him to her. She admits to being attracted to his eyes after a fight- because they symbolized the wildness she sees in him. It's a sweet romantic film. Would I read deeper into it? No. Nice, sweet, fluffy and dramatic, but in the end it illicits the same "aw" if you can overlook the mixed in sadness, anger, and violence that subtly permeates the film.

kwongers I liked this movie, although I didn't love it. The film centers on the prejudice experienced by a Korean teenager living in Japan; he doesn't fit in with Koreans or the Japanese. But he utters many times in the film, "This is my love story," and while he does have a love interest, it is a rather small part. I liked how this film looked at the different tensions of race, life, and love.The acting was pretty great. The lead actor was very convincing as the teenager who is conflicted between two identities. He overacted the last scene, but there is this one very beautiful scene where he just sits and talks to a police officer. It's pretty awesome: very simple and beautiful. Kou Shibasaki as his love interest is pretty good as well, and she won the Japanese equivalent of the Oscar for her role in this. She makes the most of the relatively short amount of screen time she has, and we can see why the main character would fall in love with her.Not the best Japanese movie I've ever seen, but still pretty good. Worth your while. 7/10

kleaner I liked this film. The topic of the could have been very heavy but this movie is fast and enjoyable, like "Trainspotting". The first part of the film is very stylish, especially the basketball court fighting scene and "Super Great Chicken Run" scene.Unlike the beggining scene, however, the later scenes are bit slow and a bit boring. The acting is really good. The main actor played the Korean-Japanese guy very realistic even though he isn't one of them.The use of the Shakespeare's quote at the beginning of the film represent the theme of the film very well. Who cares about the nationality? It's important to be truthful to who I am.