Best Wishes to All

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Erica C Huh?? Didn’t get it at all. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/21/25 Full Review Stuart R I just became exhausted and over it. 🍀 Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/20/25 Full Review prawnda s the premise has potential, but the pacing is all over the place and it's kind of a bore to sit through. i was really surprised this was right around 90 minutes because it feels like hours. the allegory becomes obvious very fast, and then it just drags on and on without much of any purpose, and cant seem to figure out where to put the climax. if someone made a fan edit and trimmed it down to like 50 or 60 minutes and rearranged some scenes it would be much better, but i can't see anyone being into the story enough to make that fan edit. it's definitely a flop, but it at least has nice scenery. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/16/25 Full Review Matt L The writing felt like Kafka under the boot of modern life, and I'm not even from Japan (Canadian here). I will watch anything Yuta Shimotsu creates going forward. Well done. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/14/25 Full Review Robin C “Best Wishes to All” A young woman, on break from university, goes home to visit her grandparents, But, grandma and granddad behave very oddly indeed and the woman soon learns there is a frightening family secret that will affect her, too, in “Best Wishes to All.” J-horror films (or any horror movies) are not my cup of tea. But, being a guy who loves movies, I will take on about anything. With “Best Wishes to All” I was a bit stretched with the horrific family past that the returning-home student had put out of her childhood memories. It involves an ominous door, very strange behavior by grandma and granddad, a captive man with eyes and mouth sewn shut and the young woman’s father who treats it all as normal with a “Nobody told you?.” Sophomore helmer and scribe Yuta Shimotsu follows up her 2023 horror short film and, description-wise, sounds the same.. Here, the horror is more of the creepy than scary kind with grunting grandparents who fall into trances and the young woman only getting ambiguous questions from them like “Are you happy, now?” No matter what the genre, I prefer straightforward, linear storytelling and “Best Wishes” is not a linear story. But, for horror fans, especially J-horror, there is likely something to see here. But, not for me. C “Best Wishes to All” A young woman, on break from university, goes home to visit her grandparents, But, grandma and granddad behave very oddly indeed and the woman soon learns there is a frightening family secret that will affect her, too, in “Best Wishes to All.” J-horror films (or any horror movies) are not my cup of tea. But, being a guy who loves movies, I will take on about anything. With “Best Wishes to All” I was a bit stretched with the horrific family past that the returning-home student had put out of her childhood memories. It involves an ominous door, very strange behavior by grandma and granddad, a captive man with eyes and mouth sewn shut and the young woman’s father who treats it all as normal with a “Nobody told you?.” Sophomore helmer and scribe Yuta Shimotsu follows up his 2023 horror film, “Best Regards to All” and, description-wise, sound the same so I doubt if I will see his earlier film. Here, the horror is more of the creepy than scary kind with grunting grandparents who fall into trances and the young woman only getting ambiguous questions from them like “Are you happy, now?” No matter what the genre, I prefer straightforward, linear storytelling and “Best Wishes” is not a linear story. But, for horror fans, especially J-horror, there is likely something to see here. But, not for me. C Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/17/25 Full Review M. D Watching this films during the Japanese Film Festival 2024. Happiness is found even in the midst of horror. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/14/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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