Look Back
GKIDS | Release Date: October 4, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
90
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The TelegraphRobbie CollinNov 14, 2024
There’s a haiku-like purity to it: Look Back is as neat and yet also as overflowing as the four-panel strips in which its leads once diligently honed their craft. And if something so beautiful also feels too brief – well, that may be the idea. Read full review
100
Screen RantJoshua FoxOct 3, 2024
Whether it’s a big, emotional scene or something comparatively more low key, the animation always does a great job of capturing the humanity of the cast and story, making an already great story even better to go through. Read full review
95
Paste MagazineAutumn WrightJul 15, 2024
Look Back is a requiem for art lost to violence, to circumstance, to conformity. It is also an argument to create. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubElijah GonzalezOct 3, 2024
All of this beautiful animation intrinsically drives at why people create in the first place, highlighting both the life-affirming and deeply messy realities of making manga. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichOct 3, 2024
This lilting tale’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it brevity proves inseparable from the lasting power of its punch-to-the-gut impact. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesOct 17, 2024
If there’s a complaint to be made about Look Back, it’s that there’s not enough of it: Adapted from Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one-shot manga of the same name, the story it tells is purposefully contained. Read full review
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