Fine, Totally Fine

A delightful film. Similar humour and style to 'Departures' and 'Turtles are surprisingly fast swimmers': a bit quirky, some good laughs, a good storyline and well observed characters.

Derivative is this nasty comedy that pretends to be funny while being deranged. But not quite. Hot Rock made fun of Twin Towers, Raising Arizona idk, Rockford Files was supposedly serious, and this? Forget the plot, at least Austin Powers movies had one (derivative but still a plot). Maybe Dr Evil has returned and Asians have not quite caught on yet. Or maybe they have. What do I know. I watch to many real horror movies and life.

Its a little bit farcical in the beginning and a little bit slow in places but its still a nice little film and I enjoyed watching it, give it a spin when you're in a chilled out mood :)

This film is slow moving, but the likeable chracters kept me watching. Our protaganist kept me laughing with his 'scary' tricks. I would have liked to see the relationship between the characters develope more as part of the storyline, but still a good film.

Best friends Teruo, an imature dreamer, and the atractive and seemingly more mature Hisanobu, find their friendship tested when they both fall for the same girl, the inept and quietly beautiful Akari. This gentle comedy moves along at a quiet pace as the 3 main characters calmy watch their own lives unravel around them in a completely undramatic fashion. There are several moments of genuine humor and a good few touching scenes.

This film isn't for everyone, it's slightly strange and quirky and doesn't fall into the typical confines of comedy. The acting throughout is fantastic, as is the direction. But I would only recommend this to people who are fans of less mainstream Japanese cinema, this isn't exactly a rom com, more a slow tale of grown ups growing up.

Though I enjoyed it it's not something I'm likely to watch often, but it is worth curling up on the sofa with when you're in the mood for something a little different. One annoying thing though, the subtitles run a moment behind the dialogue which becomes quite distracting.