Has a talented cast yet looks like a television soap.
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01/30/08
Funuke domo, kanashimi no ai wo misero (2007)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:6
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Twisted Japanese black comedy which is visually striking yet tonally bizarre.
Genre: Foreign Films
Reviews for Funuke domo, kanashimi no ai wo misero
1 - 11 (sorted by critic A-Z)
Top CriticThis dark comedy is more twisted (and twisty) than it first appears, but as with any family album, it is a few individual scenes that make it memorable rather than the whole, overlong package.
04/27/09
The idea of step-siblings thrown together in death is a good one: but this wacky, soapy treatment is odd, to say the least.
05/01/09
Crisply shot with visual flourishes punctuating the unfussy direction, despite a lack of carnage, this is an accomplished and impressive depiction of some absolute barnpots. Those who like their laughs lightly flavoured with ash should check it out.
05/01/09
Sibling rivalry is the source of violence and creativity in amusing Japanese dramedy Funuke.
05/24/07
Top CriticSeduction, persecution, prostitution, suicide and uneasy laughter follow.
05/07/09
The calm, deadpan chronicling of what, one trusts, is an untypical rural Japanese family suggests a very black comedy. Slightly too long but hypnotically told, beautifully acted and not at all depressing.
05/01/09
Tonally, it strikes a curious balance between black comedy and melodrama, but visually it’s a striking film.
05/01/09
With Kyomi’s manga-drawing skills a key part of the scenario, the visual approach is sometimes too fluffily decorative to let the emotions deliver in full. Eminently likeable nonetheless.
05/01/09
The film’s wacky ghoulishness holds your attention, but there’s not much more than that on offer. Despite a lot of manic effort, none of the actors makes an impression.
05/07/09
This is uneven and not entirely satisfying but it's worth seeing for its flat out weirdness and the superb performances from Sato and Nagasaku.
04/30/09
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