Warning: Another male in midlife crises flick!

Rating: 4/10 (30 January 2004)

I couldn't understand why the rating for this movie was so high, then I noticed that over 6,000 of the raters were men. Aha. That's why I just didn't get it, no testosterone here. Anyone who has read my reviews knows that I am no fan of the male mid-life crisis movie. Why I keep seeing them I have no idea. Others have already said the plot was abstract at best and non-existent at worst. Two lonely souls in a strange city, married to the wrong people, meeting at the wrong time in their lives, I ask you would there ever be a right time? I am sick to death of the young ingenue and the borderline old man. Enough already. Give me Somethings Gotta Give where the man is in crisis, but he actually learns something in the process and its depicted in the movie. This film did have a stark beauty where many things were inferred, but never addressed and some very humorous moments. In addition, the juxtaposition of the old and new Tokyo was not lost on me. In fact, watching Tokyo and Japanese culture were the highlights of this film in my humble opinion. As in American Beauty, the acting may have been superb, but I couldn't get past the long dragging moments where nothing happened, scene after scene. Girls and ladies, save your money. Go see Somethings Gotta Give.