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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The PlaylistJoe BlessingThe PlaylistJoe BlessingWe Are Little Zombies is much more about style than story. Nagahisa delivers a visual tour-de-force, careening wildly through an unimaginable array of arresting shots.
- 88Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWe Are Little Zombies is the most entertaining thing to come out of Japan since sushi, “Iron Chef” and the Miata.
- 88RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsA relentless, but emotionally well-balanced character study of Hikari (Keita Ninomiya) and his bandmates as they receive a series of transformative reality checks, and also perform post-millennial garage rock that sounds like a cross between post-shoegaze emo rock and video-game-style chiptunes.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichAs this unclassifiable wildfire burns itself out, all you can say for sure is that these little zombies are alive in ways that most adults have lost the ability to imagine. Whatever demented game its characters are playing, Nagahisa’s live-action Twitch-fest is delightful for how it lets us watch along.
- 80The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSmart, noisy and flashily assured, We Are Little Zombies is entirely, gleefully its own thing.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaNew York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaA rainbow-colored scream into the abyss, Nagahisa’s story of a quartet of orphaned tweens who start a chiptune rock band is as rigorous in its exploration of grief as it is stylistically exuberant, and one of the most exciting premieres at Sundance this year.
- 75Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithThe film is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a world where emotions are accessed and revealed primarily through digital intermediaries.
- 70SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSlashfilmChris EvangelistaSaying We Are Little Zombies is “a bit hectic” is a bit of an understatement, and yet, as Nagahisa’s passion project exploded across the screen, I found myself giving my heart to it.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyBlissful, whacked-out, inspired, juvenile, dementedly inventive, hyper-energized — all of this and more apply to music video and advertising whiz Makoto Nagahisa's first feature We Are Little Zombies.