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Funky Forest: The First Contact

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An outrageous collection of surreal stories largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and their portly Caucasian brother.

Critics Reviews

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Anton Bitel Little White Lies 03/14/2022
those creatures, in all their grotesque hybridity, embody the monstrous form of the film itself, combining within its ungainly duration not just weird go-nowhere comedy, but also prolonged singing-and-dancing sequences and even episodes of animation Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey Variety 02/23/2012
Breathtakingly, often hilariously bizarre. Go to Full Review
Mark Rahner Seattle Times 03/21/2008
.5/4
To describe the film might imbue it with a coherence to which it doesn't aspire. Go to Full Review
Pieter-Jan Van Haecke Psychocinematography 12/21/2023
Funky Forest: The First Contact is strange, mundane, surprising, deadpan funny, funky, and ethereal all rolled into one. Go to Full Review
Charles Mudede The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 04/21/2023
The whole film is off the register, off the rails, mind-bending. Go to Full Review
Martin Tsai New York Sun 04/21/2023
Imagine a two-and-a-half-hour episode of “Saturday Night Live” or “MADtv,” directed by Michel Gondry. No, make that Matthew Barney. No, make that David Cronenberg. Go to Full Review
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02/07/2020 Swatting at milk, odd instruments, and a new television. See more 09/29/2018 So much potential wasted due to lack of even a microfibre thread connecting it all. See more lariste l 10/09/2016 Hilarious sketch comedy on work life, dating, film and many satirical riffs on the Japanese school system. Great film, lengthy in a few scenes but still a very talented and enjoyable minor release. See more 05/31/2015 Hellbent on being as weird as possible, this surreal, absurdist take on modern life is often funny. It is also uncomfortably perverse. And make no mistake, this is an epic of surreal / absurdist/ experimental comedy. Essentially a series of sketches that alternate in tone held together by a sort of variety show from Hell narrative. It is one of the strangest movies I've ever seen. Not for all tastes. But if you're like me and enjoy movies that enjoy pushing against the grain of conventional narrative, you will enjoy it. Or like me, you may even love it. Guitar Brothers Rule. See more 06/24/2014 Absurdist comic surrealism. Imagine David Croenberg attempting to make comedy. Must be seen to be believed. And, it must be seen! See more 01/27/2014 Sometimes horrifying, other times touching, ????? is one of few films on this planet that one can love unabashedly, yet still be nervous to show anyone. The kind of depth of character achieved by many of the film's top-bill actors is so out of left field and unexpected for this kind of film project that most people don't pick up on the thoughht put into each and every character. Honestly, Asano Tadanobu's content smile with a mouth full of Snickers is enough to convince the viewer that, yes, he loves his fellow Guitar Brothers, and yes, life is better in their company. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis An outrageous collection of surreal stories largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and their portly Caucasian brother.
Director
Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine, Shunichiro Miki
Producer
Norihisa Harada
Screenwriter
Shunichiro Miki, Hajime Ishimine, Katsuhito Ishii
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 18, 2008
Runtime
1h 45m