Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's latest, All of a Sudden is a revelation. A mediation on the everyday lives of his characters and the weightier ideas orbiting them, the film transcends the experiences and ideas it presents. Considering that the film glides between realism and lyricism, all considerations of any individual's current realities slowly merge to offer a broader and profoundly hopeful statement on human connection. As usual, Hamaguchi deliberately crafts a film that manipulates time: Wordy and slow-paced in places but then breaking free into something eternal. Hamaguchi's ingenious ability to craft affinities evident in life's often random interactions (as witnessed in previous films Drive My Car, 2021, and Evil Does Not Exist, 2023) has never been stronger. Conceding that circumstances throw people together, Hamaguchi continues to...
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