The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Modest Heroes
Animation · Fantasy · Adventure · 2018
Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
Movie details
Modest Heroes
2018 Animation · Fantasy · Adventure 54m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.6 / 10
Community rating
Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Modest Heroes?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Momose · Akihiko Yamashita · Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Written by
Akihiko Yamashita · Yoshiyuki Momose · Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Min Tanaka
Blind Man (voice)
Kentaro Sakaguchi
Father / Doctor (voice)
Joe Odagiri
Invisible Man (voice)
Fumino Kimura
Kanini (voice)
Rio Suzuki
Kanino (voice)
Machiko Ono
Mother (voice)
S
Souta Shinohara
Shun (voice)
Court is in session
Put Modest Heroes on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.