A great movie

Rating: 10/10 (24 February 2004)

Extremely impressed. There is first a very successful evocation of a few days in Tokyo through the eyes of two quite different Americans. Short of visiting Tokyo yourself you could hardly do better. Then the relationship between them is entirely believable, which is very rare really. And there is no gloss over the distance between them. They can become close (in the particular circumstances of their visits to Tokyo) but only up to a point. The suggested significance of the relationship in their own lives is also just right. Finally, there is an air of melancholy throughout the film, though that (like everything really) is a matter of taste. 10/10 for me.