I watched this movie in order to see scenery of the area of Japan I live in. In that regard it was nice and showed the greenness of the area.
The story itself was ok. The idea of the grandmother wanting to do something with her life as her days are numbered is a pretty common theme that we have seen in quite a few movies already. The fact that she wants to go skydiving though makes things a bit unbelievable as I can't see anybody of her age wanting to do that in real life in Japan but I guess, it is a movie after all.
The problem is that like a lot of Japanese movies these days the acting is poor and overacted. They seem to go for acting that is a mixture of theatre, anime and manga and is nowhere near how people really behave in Japan. The drama and acting are both overacted so it's hard to gauge just how you're meant to feel with this movie.
In saying that, it's only just over 90 minutes so that works in its favour. Not a must see by any means but an easy watch nonetheless.
The story itself was ok. The idea of the grandmother wanting to do something with her life as her days are numbered is a pretty common theme that we have seen in quite a few movies already. The fact that she wants to go skydiving though makes things a bit unbelievable as I can't see anybody of her age wanting to do that in real life in Japan but I guess, it is a movie after all.
The problem is that like a lot of Japanese movies these days the acting is poor and overacted. They seem to go for acting that is a mixture of theatre, anime and manga and is nowhere near how people really behave in Japan. The drama and acting are both overacted so it's hard to gauge just how you're meant to feel with this movie.
In saying that, it's only just over 90 minutes so that works in its favour. Not a must see by any means but an easy watch nonetheless.
