I think I know why some don't get it

Rating: 9/10 (11 October 2003)

(possible spoiler alert)
I think the reason this resonates with some and not others is that this "relationship," in some form, has happened to some and not others. (Ain't that always the way?) It did to me, and I was nearly in tears at the end.
I wasn't as enamored of the cinematography as some--in fact, the "We're! In! Tokyo!" lights, noise, and jiggly camerawork made me a little sick, literally--but the acting was right on and the film managed to seem personal and real.