Merry Solstice, everyone! Thus begins our round of Christmas movie offerings, courtesy of Movie Club, and it is getting Festive AF in here. Content warning: homophobic slurs, violence, attempted suicide, child endangermentAn unlikely trio of homeless people: Gin (Tôru Emori), an alcoholic, Hana (Yoshiaki Umegaki), a transwoman, and Miyuki (Aya Okamoto), a teenage runaway, find a baby abandoned in the trash on Christmas Eve and begin a journey to find the parents. Along the way, truths are revealed, burdens are shared, and people learn what true family means.
This is considered a modern classic especially for Christmas but it was just okay for me. I liked the characters and I thought the animation was really well done but the longer it went on, the less interest I had. There were so many coincidences and random events that turned out to be really significant to the characters' pasts and it got really old for me. But as always, your mileage may vary. It's for damn sure better than Triplets of Belleville.
Would I watch it again? No. Would I recommend it to people? Yes. It's streaming for free on Tubi, the Roku Channel, and Amazon's ad-supported tier FreeVee. Tubi is better about not making jarring cuts to commercial.
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