Getting Any? (1994) User Reviews

the unknown Kitano is unleashed!!!!

[elclown · 7/10 · 15 December 2002]

Takeshi Kitano is worldwide known because of his violent movies such as Brother, Hana-bi, Violent Cop, etc. However in Japan is the other way around, he is mostly known by his comedy tv shows or duo-comedy shows (the two beats), where he got the name "Beat".

Minna Yatteruka! could be Kitano's masterpiece in comedy, but still very difficult to import. At least, Image has released in Hong Kong and USA the DVD of Minna Yatteruka (getting any?) with English subtitles, and we've been able to see the unknown Kitano in a hilarious movie.

First of all, I have to say that I've seen all Kitano movies, even Dolls, and this movie has nothing to do with them, it's a completely different story, has more to do with tv shows he directed like Takeshi's Castle.

So, the movie is just astonishing, it comes from the most stupid situation and developes through gag to gag. One hour and a half of cinema parody fullfiled with Japanese Manga stupidity. The rhythm of the movie is slow, very slow at some points for a comedy, but it's still a good movie. I found parodies from his other yakuza movies, Ultraman, even the gohstbusters! and I'm sure I missed a lot.

Overall Review: A very funny movie, a fresh product, but might be too weird for the general audience. So, if you are interested in the Japanese culture, in Kitano, or if you are openminded for new experiences in comedy, check for it, unless , discard it and look for American Pie.

Get it on (and off)

[kosmasp · 5/10 · 15 June 2019]

Well let's be clear: this is as silly as it gets. If you are looking for sophisticated humor, look elsewhere. You won't find it here. The premise is to get laid (which the international title hints at to say the least). But from that we kind of get to quite a different place. Even if there is a callback - is it sufficient and will it hold your attention though? Something to be determined by everyone who wants to watch or is watching.

Kitano does know how to do films, but he is not just one thing. This is closer to Takeshis castle rather than his Yakuza movies - then again there is some of that in here too. And be it just the random appearance with "gifts" from one of his regulars. This is quite out there and most often than not does not hit the right note. But it is up to the taste of the viewer to determine how funny he thinks certain things are ... many references to other comedies and also to "The Fly" included .... mix in some good old Godzilla "jokes" and you have ... mayhem!

Wacky...

[Leofwine_draca · 6/10 · 4 February 2022]

Not my favourite Takeshi movie but then he did make so many good ones so it's hard to pick. This one has a more scattershot approach and it also goes on a bit too long; the yakuza material around the middle part feels stretched and repetitive as a result. What starts out as a wacky sex comedy becomes more and more wacky as it goes on, leading to spoofs of various film genres as well as the Japanese film industry in and of itself. Quite unlike anything I've seen, even other Takeshi films.

Enjoyable piece of total lunacy from a master

[simon_booth · 19 April 2003]

It sometimes comes as a surprise to people when they learn that Takeshi Kitano is best known in Japan as a comedian. The man with the most deadpan expression ever is mainly known for his gangster movies, and for the sometimes shocking portrayal of violence they contain. I'm surprised that people are surprised though, because even his most hardboiled gangster movies contain a strain of deadpan absurdist humour that is at least as characteristic of his films as the violence. Maybe a lot of people simply miss the humour - Americans aren't best known for their appreciation of subtle comedy after all

Watching GETTING ANY? it's hard to imagine anybody missing the fact it is a comedy though, as it is anything but subtle. Actually maybe that's not true - the humour is still often times subtle, but the movie as a whole is unmissably surreal and absurd.

The premise is simple. A not too bright loser has but one thing on his mind - getting laid. He really hasn't got much of a clue how one goes about this, though, and the movie largely concerns his increasingly stupid schemes to get some. First on the list... get a car. Should be simple enough, right? Not for this guy His plans get more and more ludicrous as the movie progresses, and lead him into some ridiculous and sometimes hilarious situations.

This is without a doubt the strangest movie Kitano has done, and it's as wild and inventive as any movie that springs to mind except maybe the odd Jeff Lau or Stephen Chiau film. The movie plays like a strung together sequence of sketches parodying numerous movies and cultural elements, rather like a Japanese Monty Python film. Like Monty Python, it's clear that there's a keen intelligence behind all the stupidity.

The movie is not without flaws, unfortunately - chief of which is that it loses focus for a long time around the half way mark. Our hero gets himself into a couple of dire situations and for some time the whole purpose of his adventure (getting some) is forgotten. It's still funny and ridiculous, but dilutes the experience somewhat and drags on a little too long. It perhaps becomes a little too absurd for its own good in the second half, coming too close to simply being random.

GETTING ANY? is a fairly lightweight contribution to Kitano's resume, but one so totally opposed to his unique style of film-making shown in films like SONATINE and HANA-BI that it simply had to be made. Kitano is far more than a one trick pony, even though it's mainly for one trick that he's known in the west. Unfortunately, GETTING ANY is probably altogether too strange to have widespread appeal in the US, and won't do much to broaden peoples' perception of him.

If you do enjoy it, you may not want to tell your friends!

[planktonrules · 6/10 · 26 April 2011]

"Getting Any?" might just be one of the lowest brow films I've seen in years. While I'll admit the film made me laugh, I was embarrassed that it did and am not sure I'd want all my friends to know I had a good time watching this incredibly dumb film....and wow, is it dumb! Before I talk about the film, I should talk about how it's been marketed. The DVD case shows a close up of Beat Takeshi, though he's only in a small portion of the film (not even appearing until the 77 minute mark). Now putting him on the cover isn't completely dishonest--he did write and direct the film. However, Dankan stars as the bizarre leading man.

The film begins with Dankan trying to buy a car so he can have sex inside it. This seems to be his consuming passion and throughout this VERY free-form film, he bounces into many surreal and Benny Hill-style skits. For a while, he tries to figure out the best way to get a girl to be willing to have sex with him--and he imagines himself in many bizarre situations--many that are absolutely soaked in nudity. The goes from being a failed bank robber, to a failed actor, to a failed gangster, to the invisible man (he didn't fail here) to a weird fly-man who adores human waste.

Much of this is not funny, but some is and you'll laugh out loud. But it's not consistent at all, very cartoony and much like a film if it were made by 8 year-olds with a big budget. But, at other times, it's clever satire--and stuff you'd adore if you are into Japanese culture--as it pokes fun of Zatoichi, Ultraman, Joe Shishido (a great gangster from 1960s Japanese films) and even Ghost Busters. The jokes come so fast that even though most fall flat, you can't help but admire its energy--even though it's a most juvenile and often sleazy film. Watch it...alone. And don't admit to anyone that you like this sort of thing!

It was o.k.

[Robot Rancher · 7/10 · 2 February 2002]

Not a bad film, but not a good one either. Kitano's usual crisp writing style is all together missing in this film which has a rather basic plot (a pathetic middle-aged man who's goal in life is to one day have sex in a car), but at the same time is mired by the off the wall misadventures of the main character Asao. In fact, Asao's adventures become so off the wall that by the end of the film, I completely lost track of how he wound up in his final state (or maybe by the end of the film I just didnt care anymore to think about it). What makes the off the wall plot even worse is the smattering of off the wall characters to go with it (like the pink nighty wearing Yakuza Boss, the old man who steals Asao's "bomb cake", and the dying Yakuza gangster who keeps popping up every so often to give Asao a helping hand).

However, despite its shortcomings, the movie did have its moments. Kitano's scientist character was rather amusing, and it was a fresh change to see him playing a character that didnt shoot anyone in the face (its kinda like seeing Clint Eastwood in a comedy). Also the film did some pretty good lampooning on popular Japanese film genres (such as the Yakuza Film, and the Giant Monster Movie).

In conclusion, Minna yatteruka was an o.k. comedy, but thats about it. It lacked the subtle humor found in Kitano's other films like Kikujiro which I found more enjoyable. Due to that, I would have to give this film a 6 and a word of advice to the film maker: There is such a thing as having too much "stool" in a movie.

If you like other Kitano movies, you might not like this one

[lhac-imdb · 3/10 · 10 January 2009]

I generally like Kitanos films and watched this one for the sake of completeness.

I was very surprised at what I saw. This is slapstick humor, Benny Hill type. There are a few good jokes in here, let us say 5 minutes out of a total duration of 105 minutes. Some of the typical dramatical and visual elements of Kitanos films can be found here, maybe it was an experiment at filming slapstick in Kitano-style, along the lines of "it seemed like a good idea at the time"? Not my cup of tea, I was bored most of the time (that would be the other 100 minutes).

For some reason, the cautious comments that could have warned me come at the bottom of the list here in IMDb.

Tasteless But Hysterical Destruction of Japanese Pop Culture

[dbborroughs · 8/10 · 31 July 2004]

First off two questions:

1.How well do you know Japanese pop culture? Have you seen Japanese yakuza films? Godzilla? Do you know Zatoichi and Lone Wolf and Cub? How about Ultraman? Have you watched things like Extreme Elimination on Spike (which is a Beat Takeshi TV show)? Do you know about their attitudes towards sex?

2.Are you bothered by base humor that goes for the lowest common denominator? Get you get past woman being nothing more than objects to take their clothes off? Do you laugh at poop jokes or for that matter just really dumb jokes?

If you know a bit about Japanese culture and can laugh at stupid jokes then this is for you.

Starting as one man's quest to get a car so he can have sex in it, this film morphs into a destruction of dozens of Japanese icons. It proves that Western eyes aren't the only ones who find much of Japanese culture silly.

If you have a passing awareness of what they are sending up and tearing down this is absolutely hysterical. Granted you won't get everything, but you'll probably smile from start to finish with frequent bursts of laughter.

One of the chief reasons this works is that there is intelligence behind the humor. Yes, the hero is a pig, and his attitudes towards women are terrible, but thats the point and much of the pain that he ends up getting he deserves for being the way he is. The jokes about the icons is often dead on, for example the film dismantles Lone Wolf and Cub in a minute and a half so perfectly I doubt that I'll be able to watch the movies with a straight face ever again.

If you know Japanese culture and love to laugh see this movie. You may not love it all, but you will laugh.

A word of warning- this movie would be rated R if released in the US. Not just for the sex and nudity, but for the scatological humor which cross over into the graphic.

For Japanophiles with a low brow sense of humor 8 out of 10. For everyone else 4 out of 10.

Sadly, garbage.

[ChrisJPN · 2/10 · 8 February 2003]

Takeshi Kitano is a genius. One of the greatest film makers of all time and his finest achievement, 'Hana-bi' is perhaps my all-time favourite film.

Having said that; 'Getting Any?' is garbage.

Quite what he was thinking; I'm really not sure. The often hilarious comedic moments from his other works are completely missing. Instead they are replaced with a level of humour so foolish and out of date you would struggle to find comparable examples even on the worst Japanese TV shows these days.

I wanted to like 'Getting Any?' I love Kitano's other films and I enjoy watching him on TV but about two thirds of the way through this sloppy mess I completely lost interest; only hanging on until the end because it was in fact a Takeshi Kitano film.

It really is a great shame that Kitano has this rotten dog waste situated in the middle of an otherwise fantastic record of quality film making. It amuses me to read people making excuses for the film when it is clear that if any other director of the caliber of Kitano had made this film, it would be met with universal disdain and bewildering disbelief.

Thankfully, 'Getting Any?' is just an unfortunate blip on a resumé filled with great moments.

Silly, stupid, but really really funny

[Ka Ru Fei · 9/10 · 25 February 2003]

One of the stupidest, most bizarre, and straight up perverted movies I've seen in a long time, but it was friggin' funny as hell. If you can handle 'stupid funny' then this movie is definitely enjoyable. Loosely organized around the fact that this perverted guy wants to score badly.... so he goes off and tries many different means to accomplish this task. The end degenerates into a big of a Godzilla parody, but still funny. be sure to stick around for the end of the credits too.

The ghost of Benny Hill is alive in Japan

[Pro Jury · 2/10 · 8 May 2005]

Filmed in Japan in 1994 and released a year later, GETTING ANY? is a silly (and sometimes spicy) series of comic farces about a dim-witted middle-aged fool who is obsessed with the idea of having sex (for the first time in his life most certainly). Chasing after his quest he takes part in many absurd adventures. The "comic" escapades contain all of the grounding and sophistication of a Benny Hill sketch (all that is missing is on-target humor and kazoo music). GETTING ANY? does have frequent female partial nudity, and that's about the only reason to sit through this film.

The ghost of Benny Hill is alive and not doing so well in Japan. Don't get GETTING ANY!

Has its moments, but overall very mixed

[pefo1921 · 8 September 1999]

This Takeshi Kitano movie is all over the map and suffers because of it. He tells a "full-out" comedy that tries to cram everything and the kitchen sink re: other Japanese movies. It starts out with Asao looking for sex and doing every weird thing in the world to try to get it but failing; And ends with him becoming the Flyman. There are funny moments when he is mistaken for a hitman and when he auditions as an actor; but many other moments are tedious. Nowhere as good as Kids Return( 9/10) or Fireworks. Overall, a 5 out of 10.

Hasn't stood the test of time.

[tom-soya · 3/10 · 23 November 2006]

I think Beat Takeshi is very funny on television. Because in this medium he can adapt and change with the times. Reference relevant things and keep up to date with the latest sense of humour and fashions.

This movie is only 11 years old - but already is completely out dated. The numerous references to Japanese TV, film and music are not relevant anymore. Many of the jokes and puns seem tired and old-fashioned.

The movie does have one or two funny moments - but not worth the money of a rental i'm afraid.

Takeshi Kitano has directed some wonderful movies. And I believe his film making talents definitely lie in drama rather than comedy.

As Beat Takeshi he is a funny and anarchistic. But this only works in the realm of TV. Where he can move with the times.

This movie is old fashioned and dated. And ultimately not funny anymore.

Sorry.

MAN, I died laughing

[jackRabbit2 · 10/10 · 4 August 2006]

I don't ever recall writing a user comment for a film before, but considering some other comments here say it is garbage, I thought I would defend it. While this film CAN be considered garbage because it is so stupid and has some of the weirdest parts, you really have to watch this for what it is worth. This film is the single most funny movie I have ever seen in my life. If you can get over the fact at how slap stick and how unlikely it is, this is comic genius. There are so many references in this film also, to thinks like power rangers, road runner and coyote etc. It really is truly funny. This movie is so crazy you'll be on the floor dying of laughter, the comic timing is impeccable, the situations are insane and the outcomes are even more insane. This is the zaniest movie ever made. No it won't change your life, it wont enlighten you, but you WILL laugh.

Japanese hilarity

[niz · 10/10 · 19 October 2001]

This is a truly funny film that crosses all boundaries... despite not having English subtitles I was totally gripped by the insanity of the images on display, and Takeshi Kitano's brilliant deadpan performance. It's incredible how such a simplistic tale of a man stumbling from one bizarre situation to another, with little or no rhyme or reason, can be so laugh-out-loud funny.

Carry On Takeshi

[politic1983 · 5/10 · 13 July 2021]

With comedian the occupation that initially made 'Beat' Takeshi famous, it was always inevitable that sooner or later Takeshi Kitano would move to make a comedy film. But it's probably fair to say that "Getting Any?" isn't really directed by Kitano, with his TV personality alter-ego taking change of all aspects in a film with violence and art pushed aside for pure comedy. But like the majority of comedy films, sooner or later the joke wears thin.

And the sole joke of "Getting Any?" is very thin indeed. Asao (Duncan) is a bum with no money, but more importantly, no girlfriend. Which is a shame for him, as he appears to be obsessed with sex. But far from sitting at home doing, well, nothing about it, he practically sets about trying to get the things he needs to get himself lucky. What then follows is a string of failed attempts to get what he sees as a means to get laid.

Buying a sports car; having a business class plane ticket; having lots of money; becoming a famous actor; becoming invisible, all these are things which Asao tries, but all answer the film's title with a simple 'no.'

'Beat' Takeshi is poking fun at his character; a man with no use or intelligence, and taking him through an endless string of degrading activities in pursuit of the most basic of human needs. There is nothing redeeming about him apart from his naïve ignorance at everything in the world around him. But he's a plucky individual who will go along with anything, however embarrassing, to achieve his goal.

Clearly, this is not plot-heavy and is more a string of extended sketches about a hapless character trying to get lucky. But as the film progresses, he gets less likeable, going from a naïve innocent to a raging pervert by its conclusion. To start it's funny (if a little last century), as he drives around in his clapped out, second-hand sports car, pulling up to bus stops to offer women 'car sex?' But it's the two middle sequences, where he tries his hand at becoming a film star and a yakuza hitman where the film loses its way.

These scenes are overly-long, introduce some bizarre characters and seem to detract from the film's original aim. While a break from relentless sex comedy is perhaps necessary, here Asao feels more like a passenger than driving the film and they could have been lifted into another film without requiring much change. As stated, this feels more like sketches featuring one recurring character than a coherent narrative.

The introduction of 'Beat' Takeshi as a mad scientist who experiments to make Asao invisible so he can perv in a local bathhouse brings the story back on track and returns some of the comedy. But it also sees the film delve into even less than politically correct areas, and, like the worst Carry On films, sees this descend into little more than a sex comedy romp where no one really knows why they're there anymore.

Takeshi uses parody throughout, with Zatoichi films, "The Fly", "Ghostbusters" and "Beat It" all lampooned, among others. Indeed, the possibility of a kaiju spoof at the end is promised, but ultimately doesn't really become fully developed. The best comedy, however, is more in the little moments that pop-up throughout. These are often delightfully obscure, little to do with the plot, but the most entertaining aspect of the film.

The car salesman repeatedly bops a young child on the head for eating lollipops in the showroom; Susumu Terajima drops in as an injured yakuza for no reason; and the attempts to rob a businessman who carries his cash everywhere with him bring a number of laughs. The film ends a big pile of manure, but these moments offer some bizarre genius along the way.

But ultimately, this is all just a bit silly. It's the Takeshi of "Takeshi's Castle" on display, rather than the increasingly serious director which Kitano was starting to emerge as. This is a film where the 'Beat' Takeshi versus Takeshi Kitano duality is very much one-sided, but ultimately its downfall. Switching TV comedy to the big screen is often doomed to failure, and Takeshi's comedy struggles for an extended runtime. Indeed, the slight hints of humour in his other work are much more effective than the more blatant attempts here, with his comedy film his, at times, least funny.

But was it ever meant to be? This came at a time after the seeming suicide note of "Sonatine" and when increasing on-edge behaviour seemed to dominate, resulting in his infamous motorbike accident. "Getting Any?" seems an attempt to destroy a lot of the good work he had been building up to then, but he would return with some of his most personal and best films.

"Getting Any?" is a mad collection of some brilliant humour, but also some just inexplicable moments you're not sure how to take. The narrative arc, however, just isn't strong enough to hold it all together. Sex comedy can only go so far, and to get anywhere, sometimes you have to be a little more serious.

Politic1983.home.blog.

Takeshi Kitano just trolled me.

[abelbou-75190 · 2/10 · 9 May 2022]

Looking at the wikipedia page for this movie, I saw this: "Kitano said in 2003 (while in production for Zatoichi), that Getting Any? Was one of his three favourite movies among the ten he had directed by that time. According to him, this work was the basis for many of the movies that followed, including the acclaimed Hana-bi, as it features all his recurrent themes plus its shares of violence and sorrow." "That sounds really promising!" I thought to myself. Every other film by Kitano I had seen by now had a very dark and surreal sense of humor buried under the drama and seriousness of his yakuza stories, and I always found those moments really funny, so a full movie dedicated to his jokes sounded great.

This is probably the worst movie I've seen in my life. I feel like I just got pranked by Kitano. The wikipedia quote was the set up of the joke, and the movie itself is the punchline. A punchline that lasted for two hours as I stared at the screen in disbelief, asking myself how could this be the work of the same man who made Sonatine.

Some people are really dammit stupid

[missraze · 9/10 · 26 May 2017]

And by that I do not mean the main character in this movie who does absurd things to get laid. It's the reviewers here that are completely stupid. Why are they making this a racial thing saying "if you like Japanese culture." Who are these asshats who are so busy feeling pretentious for sitting through a vintage and indie film made in Japan, that they totally missed the quite obvious point?

It is a brilliant satire and reading the reviews and seeing how that flew over their heads almost repulses me!? This film is simply about "MEN" who think their cars impress women! How dare these reviewers think that Japanese people aren't human and also don't go through this sort of peer pressure! That this film is simply mocking "Japanese pop culture." I'm confused! This film was made in 1994! Now unless the director literally said "I made this film to mock Japanese pop culture," and you can prove that with a link to a credible source, I don't get why people are saying this!

One guy even said this movie mocks Zatoichi! Zatoichi was made almost 10 years after this film so HOW IS THIS FILM MOCKING ZATOICHI?! Shut up you ignorant weaboo!!? He just wants to brag that he has seen Zatoichi so he mentioned it!! And other people who do not know better themselves will find his idiotic review worthy.

Now, on to why I love and totally understand this film and do NOT see this as merely a "Japanese movie." One scene shows the main actor conspiring a plan to get sex by having a first class plane ticket. The director shows us his fantasies and how he goes after the ridiculous thing. He says to himself, "I need money. I can rob a bank. I need a gun to rob a bank." And I'm totally in tune with this guy at this point so I tell myself as a joke (the 1st time I have seen the movie): "Well, I guess he's going to have to become a policeman so he can get a gun, so he can rob a bank." And what does this guy do? Well I can't say much but he goes through a ridiculous number of attempts to get a gun! It is hilarious and sometimes he is too stupid even for me but I never blame the movie, I see this as a brutal relentless mockery of the mentality of desperate, insecure men who hide behind their materials to get women. And I loved this movie inside and out.

I think this movie needs to be redone and rebooted as an almost exact remake. With famous actors of today in Japan. Modern Japanese movies with attractive Japanese cast has no problem appealing to the modern and young crowd in and out of Japan, the type of people who have to see this movie the most. Stop hiding behind your materials, you look silly. And stop getting yourself into a chain of unnecessary situations to impress other people. This movie for me is a fine balance of wit and silliness while never straying from its purpose. I mean it's not about the silliness of each scene, it's about WHY is he doing it. He messed up a bigtime movie he got a role in JUST so he can be an actor JUST so he can meet groupies JUST so he can get laid. HE'S ridiculous but the MOVIE is spot on with making fun of men like this.

This movie is an unsung answer to life's dumbest problems like materialism and getting sex. It shouldn't be looked at as simply Japanese quirkiness. This movie is similar to Britain's "The Inbetweeners." Which is also not about being British. It's about being a desperate teenage boy, simple. And America could never do this properly. It would be all slapstick and no wit and obviously it is another American who made the ignorant racial review about this movie! Ha.

Loses itself in the second half

[x_manicure_x · 4/10 · 14 August 2021]

After receiving international recognition with his dramatic films, Takeshi Kitano pays homage to his career as a comedian with an old-school slapstick surreal comedy. We are asked to follow a nerd through his epic journey to fulfill his car-sex dreams. The film contains countless references to both Japanese and western pop culture, with even the soundtrack mimicking popular movie themes and songs. The humor might be way too old for its time, but the first 45 minutes or so are unexpectedly well-paced and sometimes even hilarious. The problem is that there are over 60 minutes of tedious gags and pointless scenes repeating themselves afterward.

Stupid but meaningful

[danielatala8 · 8/10 · 12 September 2022]

I love Takeshi Kitano's movies, not every movie he does is perfect but I appreciate the amount of style and effort he puts on each film to do something very singular to his vision. And it just so happens his take on complete satire and slapstick comedy is absolutely fun, but as I said- not perfect.

Getting Any? As the title suggests is about the quest of getting laid at all costs. We follow incel-like pervert Asao (who has his room plastered filled with porn posters) who gets out on the quest to get a car in order to get a gorgeous lady to have sex with him, cause if you have the car then ladies will swarm you to have sex right? Not really. We then follow this completely despicable guy get in all sorts of trouble and mishaps on the way to his quest which is just pure fun- everything from failed bank robberies, yakuza-involvement and scientific experiments- this movie won't end in the way you think it's gonna end and that's amazing! I love that the movie has some sort of criticism on the state of entertainment as a whole, Japanese pervert culture and more- it's never obvious but sometimes it can be on-your-face which is not annoying in this case. It even spoofs a lot of western cultural stuff like movies and music which is interesting to see in itself how the western culture gets translated in a whole new cultural setting in Japan.

The comedy is top notch- one gag after the other, the comedy sometimes can hang on different Japanese cultural references that I'm not familiar with but it's fun nevertheless. The movie despite it's subject matter is filmed in a very very gorgeous way, with crisp and beautiful footage (just look at the opening scene which is just fantastic). It has some "cheaper" looking shots but it's totally appropriate considering which movie this is. The music is also fun, altering between gorgeous tracks to some fun pop music of the era to folk and enka tracks.

This all sounds very fun and it totally is the first hour or so is very engaging and offers many moments to laugh. It is in its second half when it looses a bit of its track and steam, the yakuza segment can feel a bit way too long and the last plot could've been made much more snappier! Don't get me wrong, there are still some very funny moments in the second half I just felt personally that I kind of lost the plot for a bit, until the absurd final takes place which makes up for it absolutely. The portrayal of women in this film can feel a bit weird but considering the film's subject matter and such it's a bit understandable.

Either way I think this movie is totally worth a watch, it's funny, weird, silly and so much more. You will not be disappointed by this movie- I think it's on par with Takeshi's other satire movie "Kantoku Banzai" perhaps even better? Check it out!

Kind of amazing

[Jeremy_Urquhart · 8/10 · 7 July 2023]

The general consensus doesn't seem to be that Getting Any? Is Takeshi Kitano's best film by any means, but it might be the one I've enjoyed the most of those I've seen so far. It starts as an increasingly absurd movie about a lonely man going to great lengths to get with girls, only for nothing to work. His life becomes more and more of a joke, with the film becoming a series of movie parodies throughout the second half, including samurai movies, yakuza movies, sci-fi/horror movies, and kaiju movies (there's a pretty fun spin on the Mothra summoning song near the end).

I found its sense of humor to be largely hilarious, but it's probably not for everyone. I found the earlier, more random sequences funnier, even if the later ones did feel more targeted, given it gradually became clearer what certain scenes were intending to parody. But the madness of the first half-hour or so really caught me off guard in the best way possible, and that opening third of Getting Any? Is probably like a 10/10, as far as comedies go.

There aren't many comedies that can keep that kind of energy up for 90 or more minutes, and so it's sad to say that Getting Any? Gets a little less funny as it goes along. But it never lost me, and it never went long without landing a well-executed joke, and so overall, I'd still say it's pretty great... but again, clearly not for everyone. Those who like absurd, cartoonish comedy presented in a blunt and/or awkward fashion will find a lot to like here, and at its best, it honestly has a comparable style of comedy to something like The Blues Brothers.