ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

missraze 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.

MartinHafer "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!

ChrisJPN 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.

niz 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.