I own a big collection of japanese movies. In fact, i love Japanese Cinema. This is the first movie from Japan i could not finish. It is also the only movie from my collection that i put in the rubbish bin. When i took the trash out, i was relieved.
This movie is unnatural, engineered to be sentimental in a very cheap and predictable way, intellectually pretentious, as if it would carry a deep meaning ( it doesn't). It looks like a bunch of Japanese youngsters wanted to please an immature American audience.
This is a Japanese Movie for people who would never watch a Japanese Movie!
Review of Departures
