The fact it never really holds a consistent tone is somehow both one of the film's charms yet also something that holds it back.
If it had had a little more of a grip on what it was building to, and maybe a slightly (SLIGHTLY) more discernible plot, I think it could've struck the perfect balance between being weird and emotionally satisfying, and become something amazing.
Still, there are moments of greatness, and for a film this all over the place, it seldom lost my attention. Feels like the rare example where they were probably trying to make a cult-type movie and actually pulled it off.
If a Takashi Miike comedy-horror-musical sounds like something you need in your life, then you'll probably enjoy this. I came close to loving it, and thought some individual sequences were great, but I can't quite say it works masterfully as a whole (so frustratingly close, though).
Also, the great-grandpa throwing logs at birds and knocking them out of the sky made me laugh every single time (it makes sense in context, if you watch the movie... oh wait, no, it doesn't, really).
If it had had a little more of a grip on what it was building to, and maybe a slightly (SLIGHTLY) more discernible plot, I think it could've struck the perfect balance between being weird and emotionally satisfying, and become something amazing.
Still, there are moments of greatness, and for a film this all over the place, it seldom lost my attention. Feels like the rare example where they were probably trying to make a cult-type movie and actually pulled it off.
If a Takashi Miike comedy-horror-musical sounds like something you need in your life, then you'll probably enjoy this. I came close to loving it, and thought some individual sequences were great, but I can't quite say it works masterfully as a whole (so frustratingly close, though).
Also, the great-grandpa throwing logs at birds and knocking them out of the sky made me laugh every single time (it makes sense in context, if you watch the movie... oh wait, no, it doesn't, really).