Title: Are you kidding me?
Product review: How this movie has the high average rating it has makes absolutely no sense. It looks so promising in the trailer, but what a let down. Sloooooow, poorly written, stiffly acted, and not a whiff of wit to it. Just awful. Takeshi Kitano has a cult following among fans of Japanese gangster films, and I can picture him in that role. But a previous comedian? That's harder to swallow. After watching this mish mash, I understand why he left comedy. Considering how much of the film focuses solely on Kikujiro (Kitano) and the young boy, one would expect to feel a sense of affection between them by the film's end. One would be wrong. Rather, the two characters remain flat, and the dragging hours involve weirdly violent incidents, awkward attempts at comedy, and shameless, fruitless attempts at pulling the viewer's heartstrings. A disappointment all around.
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