Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected

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Audience Member Satoshi Miki hits a perfect balance in somehow conveying a pacey lonely-housewife-turned-spy story and a series of interesting larger-than-life characters in a very subtle and charming atmosphere. The film maintains good laughs throughout , aiming mostly for interesting and quirky dialogue, and it all leads to an unexpected and emotional ending that serves as great payoff; lingering in the mind long after the titles have gone up. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The film is basically about a bored, neglected housewife wondering about her existence in the world and what decision is being made to change it in order to gain a sense of self worth that was lost along the way. However, the story was poorly executed, too subtle and rather uneventful, it doesn't have a climax that we hope to see near the end and really didn't go anywhere. It felt overly long despite its 90 minutes run time. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Quite funny absurdist comedy about making decisions and fighting The samey face of everyday life, with spies, ramen and lot of madness. Juri Ueno in her usual part of comical streamer of consciousness. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Just wana keep up with my Japanese language, and never expect much about it. The story is never sense making, but I enjoyed the Japanese jokes. A good one to watch to catch up Japanese language. Could be a waste of time if otherwise Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member "Is someone bending a spring?" "Sorry!" Love the dialogue. The whole movie is a bit deranged, you have to like this sort of thing. If you think Steve Martin or Jim Carrey are funny, then this is not for you, I guess. Definitely worth watching. (Btw, the English subtitled version is more commonly referred to as 'Turtles are surprisingly fast swimmers') Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member In a nutshell, Satoshi Miki's <i>Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected</i> does enough to be an enjoyable sit through.<p>The plot is light and mysterious, although not mysterious in a suspenseful sort of way; more like, with a story about an average housewife becoming a spy, where is this story going sort of way. As for the pacing of this 90 minute production, it is moderate as to leave things unexciting, but never boring.</p><p>Part of this film is billed as a comedy and it does have some laughs. The quirky humor blends in at the appropriate times; however, there never seems to be enough of it. That's where the drama portion of this picture comes in to play. The spy aspect of the story is also somewhat of a mislead, because other than a piece of it's finale, it never comes across as a typical spy flick at all.</p><p>Juri Ueno has that allure around her that ends up as nice fit with the road this film goes down. Aoi Yu is quite the delight, although under-utilized. Ryo Iwamatsu and Eri Fuse provide good supporting characters.</p><p>Despite the lack of memorable events <i>Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected</i> still winds up as a pleasant viewing. "Azuki Panada chan~" Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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