AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.

CookieInvent There's a good chance the film will make you laugh out loud, but if it doesn't, there's an even better chance it will make you openly sob.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

gavin6942 Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.Despite Ozu's reputation in the West as an austere and refined director, "Good Morning" does not shy away from depicting many of the neighborhood boys' flatulence jokes! Television broadcasting in Japan started in 1950, making the country one of the first in the world with an experimental television service. Cable television was introduced to Japan in 1955, in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture. This makes the story very timely. While considered a loose remake of Ozu's own earlier work, introducing TV as a part of the plot was very much a part of its time.

Luis Angel Gonzalez In this film Ozu revisits again themes involving kids, but this time in a way more notorious modern Japan and the changes it has brought in society.It all starts as a usual day; the members of a family prepare themselves to confront their problems, dreams and realities. The father, with his ups and downs at work, and having to attend to his children's demands and give them proper education, prepares himself for a new day. His wife, worried about complications that domestic life brings, and about how to save and handle money properly, is as well one of the family members attempting to live quietly and happily in an otherwise rather boring community. The main characters (the kids), which are obsessed with having a television (back then it was an innovative device), agree to remain silent until their parents indulge their caprice.One aspect that I liked in this film was the misinterpretation of the kids' silence by one of the neighbors; the woman, who lives in the community, thought their gesture meant their mother was angry at her and other neighbors for having had the idea of her keeping the rent payments for herself. This leads everybody to think of her as a resentful woman, and they decide to return the favors she had once done for them, so that they wouldn't be owing her anymore favors. This is relevant even to today's standards; people often misjudge you by the slightest gesture, even though you didn't intend to be interpreted that way.Other amusing aspect to point out would be the constant farting; there appears to be an ability to produce farts by swallowing some powder whose name I don't remember as of now. The kids keep on doing it throughout the whole film.This is one of the easiest films to digest in Ozu's filmography, which means that this is an excellent option for people unfamiliar with this magnificent director. I for one consider this film one of his best efforts and it obviously ranks up there in the top of my personal favorite Japanese films.My score: 9.3/10

princebansal1982 This is another gem from the master filmmaker. Though it is somewhat different from other Ozu films that it is centered around kids rather than the parents and it is a light comedy film rather than a dramatic one, it is still as marvelous as Ozu's Tokyo Story.Though I have seen movies by other great directors that handle kids really well, Vittoria Di Sica and Satyajit Ray come to mind, they did in a more dramatic fashion. This is much more close to life. It is an ordinary story but told in an extraordinary manner.It is full of amazing characters, whether it is the knife wielding, muttering grandma, the two kids around which the story revolves, the two salesmen or the English teacher. Rarely have I seen a film in which so many minor characters leave such impressions.When I think about it I can't find any fault with the movie, so this movies get a 10 from me. Must See for all cinephiles.

GyatsoLa Ozu's films always balance humour, heartbreak and social comment - in this film the balance is decidedly in favour of humour. Its hard to imagine a slighter story to build a full movie - two little boys who decide not to speak for a few days in a huff over being denied a TV. But Ozu builds a whole world out of this dull little suburb in a Japan just getting on its feet after the war and embracing consumerism as an alternative to..... well, whatever went before.I think only Ozu could make boring mass produced housing look so utterly gorgeous in full colour, and the minor bickering of the household ladies seem so important. He's helped by a fantastic cast, especially the child actors playing the little boys (oddly enough, there doesn't seem to be any little girls in this suburb). The story has layer up layer of irony (aided by numerous fart jokes) built up upon its slight foundations making an utterly fascinating film. As usual with Ozu, he doesn't lecture, although as always his sympathy is slightly tilted to the somewhat bemused father figures. Even the simple ending, a shot of laundry fluttering on a line, seems somehow laden with meaning. The whole film is a pure delight.