Cathardincu
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Freeman
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
mrh912
Having recently seen and loved Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman, I became interested in seeing his other work. So I started with this movie, which had been praised to the sky.Slow? Measured pacing? Grass grows faster. And why doesn't a contemporary Japanese deaf couple know sign language? This film's emotion is so subtle that white bread seems interesting.I am a lover of foreign and independent films. But the high praise that this one has received has me stumped. It seems to me that the director has tried too hard to create something unusual. Incredible from the get-go.Oh, well, I'll keep trying. I shall now watch Kids Return.
fredsandiego
Definitely not your average Hollywood flick, this movie has more to do with an ambiance, with your own perception... A must see for all Kitano-wanna-be-fans, let the wave catch you...
Harpo 2046
I really like this film, because the silence in this film is very comfortable. It is not boring and it is different from what we usually see. And the music is written by Hisaishi, who is one of the best composers now. And even if the actors are not excellent, in this film, it is not important.
Darren O'Shaughnessy (darren shan)
Slow-moving, poetic outing for Takeshi Kitano, better known as Beat Takeshi. He forsakes the violence of his more popular films and instead delivers a warm, curious story about a deaf mute who develops a love of surfing. The characters are involving, the scenes are beautifully shot, and the score is magical - but for all that, this isn't an entire success, with a thin plot and a sense of pace which errs just a tad too much on the leisurely side. It's a welcome change to mindless shoot-em-ups, and an interesting addition to the Kitano canon, but it's not top-notch.
