IMDb plot summary: In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
Directed by Sean Wang. Stars Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, and Shirley Chen.
Dìdi is a coming-of-age film about an 8th grade Taiwanese-American boy desperately trying to figure out who he is and who he wants to be in high school. It captures this age with such honesty that it's occasionally hard to watch, in the best way. The film understands how painful it is to be young and unable to communicate what you're feeling, even to the people closest to you. Our protagonist stumbles his way through friendships, family expectations, and insecurity, making mistakes the whole way. One of the film's strongest elements is the relationship between him and his sister, which evolves from irritation and distance into something gentler and more compassionate as they learn how to treat each other with care -- it definitely brings to mind my own relationship with my younger siblings. Overall, this is a wonderful, empathetic coming-of-age film.
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 Dìdi (弟弟) (2024)
📊 Ranked #470/4155 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 89
beat Phantom Thread (#2076 → #2077)
beat Guilty as Sin (#1038 → #1039)
beat The Mummy (#519 → #520)
lost to That Thing You Do! (held at #259)
lost to Hero (held at #389)
lost to Batman Returns (held at #454)
beat Lolita (#486 → #487)
beat Tarzan (#470 → #471)
lost to Footloose (held at #462)
lost to Boyz n the Hood (held at #466)
lost to Eyes Without a Face (held at #468)
lost to Romancing the Stone (held at #469)
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