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Lu Over the Wall (2017) — Stream on Max · CriticCrunch

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Lu Over the Wall

Movie2017·112 min

Lu Over the Wall

Directed by Masaaki Yuasa

Animation Adventure Music Fantasy Family

A animation adventure film directed by Masaaki Yuasa.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 63%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

TMDB Audience Rating

About Lu Over the Wall

In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Whimsical, Playful
Story Tags: coming of age, identity self discovery, isolation loneliness, fantasy mythology, music performance, small town, ocean maritime, close friendship, strangers forced together, outsider misfit, underdog, fish out of water, quest mission

★

6.9/10

154 ratings

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Details

Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Language: Japanese

Cast

Shota Shimoda, Soma Saito, Minako Kotobuki

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How Lu Over the Wall Ranks

All movies

Top 63%

2010s movies

Top 55%

Animation movies

Top 57%

Masaaki Yuasa films#5 of 5

Top 63% All movies.

the vibe

Lu Over the Wall Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulgentleapproachablelight-touchpersonalheartfeltwhimsicalplayful

What it's about

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

texture

whimsicalquirky

fish out of water

quest mission

coming of age

identity self discovery

isolation loneliness

outsider misfit

underdog

close friendship

strangers forced together

fantasy mythology

music performance

small town

ocean maritime

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9