Best Wishes to All
Directed by Yuta Shimotsu
A young woman's visit to her grandparents' home leads to the discovery of what's brought them happiness, a revelation that will lead her to question her choices, sanity and reality itself.
A young woman makes a disturbing discovery while visiting her grandparents in this must see debut from Japan.
Cast: Kotone Furukawa, Koya Matsudai
Member Reviews
Oh, goodness, what can I say? Like WTF?!? Love the concept (happiness vis-a-vis another's suffering), but too often what should've been outright scary came off instead as ridiculous and puzzling. I'm not someone who needs all the answers, but here I felt too much was kept at a slow-burn, atmospheric, let's-just-be-weird level. I wish the RULES of the world were explicitly given at some point. I do like some good J-Horror and am a fan of the manga artist, Junji Ito. And I could see this was going for an Ito-ish vibe. But wish instead they'd taken one of his stories (like Uzumaki) and turned it into a film. Would've been way more effective. Anyway, your mileage may vary and I could see some folks enjoying the sheer bizarro mood. Also, the total nonchalance of the family around crazy s**t is something to behold. Although I felt the girl's change at the end could've been done more credibly.
solid flick. not very scary, makes you think.
BAD ASS MOVIE!!
I really enjoyed it! It's original, strange, unsettling and well shot.
Not as intellectual as other reviews claim it is, or the director probably wanted to be. The message of "the things that bring joy are bought in someone else's suffering" is very obvious, but not nearly so universal as this movie claims. It also seemed to waffle on whether or not this was actually supposed to be a bad thing, with the main character finally finding true happiness when she decides to play along. There were no difficult concepts here, just extremely poorly communicated ones. Not a "litmus test for viewer intelligence" at all. Also you absolutely cannot strangle yourself with someone else's hands.