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Title: Stultifying and painful to watch. Ugh
Review: This was supposed to be a comedy, but instead it is two hours that alternate between boredom and absurdity.The hero of the story is a well-trained, educated and skilled translator who -- instead of acting like an adult -- allows herself to become the whipping girl of a group of sadistic bosses.If any company like this actually exists in Japan, or anywhere else, I pity the poor workers. But I cannot waste my sympathy on anyone who chooses to stay and put up with the abuse and humiliation like this protagonist does.And frankly, the acting consisted primarily of Sylvie Testud looking either bewildered or blank. Even the "fantasy" interludes didn't add interest.A cross cultural workplace may a goldmine of comedic ideas, but this movie didn't manage to emerge with even a single nugget worth watching.
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