April Fools (2015)

I went into this after reading the synopsis thinking the story to be linear, but it's focused on many people, and the way it interwebs all the stories together is really neat. I think the only couple I didn't really connect to was the two gay guys, as I felt their story was given minimal screen time. However, all the other stories, especially that of the older couple was so heart warming and sad at the same time. I also really liked the little girls story arch as well.

Overall the movie was really interesting. I loved the different stories and all the characters. I did not expect the film to play out as it did but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

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I wanted to watch something with Erika Toda and this is what I saw.

I thought it’s just something silly, light and I would just laugh through it. Well I did laugh here and there. But, God, I never though I’d be crying for this movie. I though wrong, so wrong.

I liked the part of the stubborn daughter and gangster father, but my favorite was the story of the old couple. Dang, I cannot stop crying when I knew their story. I was so touched!

Longer review with a little spoiler here: https://elijahmaliksmom.wordpress.com/2018/07/08/april-fools-2015/

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Fun, silly movie with some emotional scenes and entertainment for the whole ride if you like dark humor and Japanese weirdness lol I do so I enjoyed it. Tori is my fave but in this he plays a character who's very much someone you're supposed to dislike. And then I also really loved the older couple story and the space alien one but the most hilarious to me was the Okada cameo with the seer woman it was the best! But also ADORE Kubota and Yano!!! They were so cute together and those couple of scenes were definitely impactful. I wish there was a spin off LOL But I digress. Coming back to the movie, the one thing ruined my experience was the story of the gangster ex who was basically telling the parent to HIT HIS DAUGHTER BECAUSE HE LOVES HER FFS AND HE HITS HER THEY SHOW IT ON SCREEN AND ITS CHILD ABUSE. So, it would be wrong to not give credit where it's due, it's not the actors fault but the creator. So, watch it because it's entertaining but this part is really problematic. I can hardly believe a Japanese film which is obviously progressive enough to show a gay couple could be so ignorant about this. I haven't even seen this in Chinese film or drama these days despite the fact that their government is conservative af. So anyhow you can see why it bugged me. And another thing is they were making a mockery out of sex addiction which you can joke it's fine, but when they had serious discussion about lying, and other things, they should have had a serious discussion about sex addiction being a mental illness.

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