"We Are Little Zombies" is one of the stranger Japanese films I have seen--and that's saying a lot because I have seem many bizarro movies from this country! Overall, while I did NOT love the film, I saw enough unusual content that I think it's worth seeing IF you have a high tolerance for the strange.
The film begins with a very funny but odd set of funerals. Instead of being sad, four orphans are pretty much ambivalent about the deaths of their families and the kids become friends. But they have no desire to go to live with relatives or strangers, so the four move to a junk heap to live. Soon they create a weird pop band and they strike gold with the song "We Are Little Zombies". The song is like a brain worm....despite not being a great song, it stays stuck in your head! But the quartet's fame is brief....and strange.
I give this one 10 for originality and a 4 for editing and pacing. The film IS overlong and it seems as if the director/writer had no idea when to end it or how. But as long as you don't mind, it's worth your time.
