Never have I ever seen such a movie with such a jarring tonal dissonance as this one... it's supposed to be a drama, comedy, yakuza movie, action etc- but it succeeds at neither of those genres making it a confused mishmash. I didn't laugh cause the "comedy" was nonexistent, I didn't feel anything cause the characters were severely lacking, how are we supposed to root for this high school schoolgirl if the only thing she does is act aloof and naive towards everything? Very hard to support and feel for anyone in this movie cause the character development happens haphazardly and without logic.
If I had to give this movie something is that it's shot extremely well and very arty, I mean, it's why I got drawn to it and buying it in the first place cause the iconography looks like something out of an anime or manga. At the same time I feel disappointed cause this movie was advertised as something it's not, a rambunctious coming of age comedy about a silly situation, I feel almost fooled to be honest cause the movie is not at all what they advertised it to be. Instead we get a boringly paced mishmash of incoherent scenes and plots that seems to have been made only for the director to understand. It has some uncomfortable scenes as well that aren't executed well either (harassment of minors, rape etc...), which once again falls into the tonal dissonance problem. I dunno, instead of feeling bad as the scene suggests it feels kinda exploitative (the uncomfortable scenes) and I don't like it. Apparently the director used to be a "romance porn" director before, which is why everything is confusing to me- what does he want to say with this movie?
Man, I just wanted a fun silly movie with iconic shots... really disappointed by this one, I thought it was gonna be as fun as the movie Kamikaze Girls (which is amazing btw, watch that one instead!), but instead I'm kinda angry at how the Arrow Movies people advertised this movie as something it's not... oh well, at least I've seen it!
