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CELLS AT WORK

Cells At Work (2024)

Directed by: Hideki Takeuchi


Oftentimes, we use โ€œrollercoaster of emotionsโ€ to describe a movie experience. But hold your horses, this phrase will have its new and profound meaning as soon as you encounter ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ.


Itโ€™ll make you relive tons of showsโ€”from ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค, ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ต, ๐˜Ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜Œ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ to ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ขโ€”but on a different light. The experience is familiar yet one-of-a-kind.


Aiming to visualize how cells interact inside our body, this film takes biology to unexpected places. Learning has never been this fun and emotional.


Whether youโ€™re a kid at heart or already have kids, you are welcome here. Whether youโ€™re a science genius or a movie enthusiast, you are safe here. Regardless of age and profession, this film always finds its way to be easily understandable.


It may not be technically perfect in vfx editing and production, but it works wonders in its story and direction. The fight scenes are meaningful, capturing the essence of fight for your life. The characters, from every cell to an actual person, are all relatable.


At first, the events and information are shared in pieces. But when theyโ€™ve been placed together, the result is a masterpiece.


From giving an existential crisis to a cathartic experience, a rollercoaster ride would now be an understatement to describe ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ.


This film did an outstanding work.

Itโ€™s your time to put in the work and watch ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ


๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž

Rating: 5/5


Cast: Mei Nagano, Takeru Satoh, Mana Ashida, Sadawo Abe, Koji Yamamoto, Riisa Naka, Wakana Matsumoto, Shota Sometani, Rihito Itagaki, Ryo Kato, Seishirou Katou

Written by: Akane Shimizu, Yรปichi Tokunaga

Presented by: Kodansha and Flag Pictures

Release Date: January 29, 2025 in SM cinemas nationwide

A Movie Review by: Goldwin Reviews

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