Dìdi (original) (raw)

Summary In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.

• Comedy
• Drama

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Summary In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.

• Comedy
• Drama

What holds it all together is a superbly understated performance from Wang, who is fully three-dimensional as Chris — a decent kid trying to figure it all out. Absent here are all the usual cinema cliches and exaggerations about teen life, thank the goddess.

You get the sense watching Didi that this is a bit of an apology from Wang to his own mother for not seeing her as a real person when he was young. But that isn’t all it is: It’s a funny, heartfelt movie, tapping into the audience’s latent memories as well as our great relief at no longer being 13.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

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Sean Wang, as both writer and director, has turned in an excellent entry into the “call your mother” cinematic canon. He doesn’t flinch from the darker or more troublesome aspects of the early teen years, but he ultimately balances them expertly by handling his messy protagonist with generosity and care.

You can add Sean Wang’s Dìdi to the short list of films that fine-tune the personal into the universal, and turn a magic-mirror reflection of its creator into a shared wavelength.

Wang, the director, is smart to spend much of the camera’s time lingering on the young star’s expressive face as his wide, inky eyes take in the world around him.

While expanding some of its snapshots could’ve helped, the approach works well enough, welcoming a director to watch in the process.

There’s no denying this is a film capable of winning audiences of all types with its inherent charm, humor, and nostalgia. For me, however, this was 91 minutes of unfocused, chaotic energy that I did not enjoy. Tonally, the movie is all over the place, while its themes are explored with timid execution.

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Went in expecting a sweet, funny junior high story along the lines of “8th Grade”. Instead got a bitter observation of a young teen with a lot to learn about being a good person.

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Very underwhelming to say the least. DISAPPOINTING, seventy five characters

Production Company Antigravity Academy, Maiden Voyage, Spark Features, Unapologetic Projects

Release Date Jul 26, 2024

Duration 1 h 31 m

Rating R

Tagline For anyone who's ever been a teenager.

Sundance Film Festival

• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

Seattle International Film Festival

Munich Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations