Good movie spoilt by crass racist stereotyping

Rating: 5/10 (19 May 2008)

By now everyone will know it is an emotionally engaging film, and on this aspect alone I'm sure it deserved all it's plaudits.
However, I'll admit to not being able to sit through the whole film as the racist stereotyping made me very uncomfortable and the supposed jokes such as tall Bill Murray and short Japanese people in the elevator was eye rollingly bad, as was the fact the shower nozzle was too low for him - a terrible slap stick moment.
The Japanese people were dehumanised and were just foils for repeated obvious jibes, which in the end forced me to terminate watching it which was a shame.
I think I'll await the Japanese remake of this US film! (which would be an ironic reversal of the usual way of things, i.e. a poor US remake of top Japanese film).