It brings up a lot of interesting questions about this type of situation and the pain it must bring to those involved. And I mean heartbreaking in the sense of what it must be like for the parents, who've spent six years caring and nurturing this child, growing to love him/her and then having the bombshell dropped that they were given the wrong child. But whereas others use the concept to tell a melodramatic story, this uses its more contemplative tone, a Hirozaku Koreeda trademark, to tell a thought-provoking character study that is heartbreaking without ever feeling exploitative. The film certainly has familiar themes, switched at birth, there's even a show that deals with this concept. Enough of that however, this might be the best Japanese film I've seen since Departures, a film I gave a perfect rating to.
So, as of now the rating is 4 stars, if it's 4.5 when I publish it then you'd know it was better than I originally thought it was. Regardless, sometimes as I write these reviews, upon going back and analyzing it, I end up liking the film more or less, obviously depending upon the quality of said film. In the long run it doesn't really make a difference, nobody's gonna end up watching this film based on whether or not I give it 4 or 4.5 stars. I'm debating whether or not I should give the film 4 or 4.5 stars.
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