It astonishes me that so many people would love a film where nothing actually happens at all. The reason is simple-most people rightly love Bill Murray, and Scarlett Johansson has a growing reputation. When the chap is wavering about watching the film, she is thrown in as a bonus, and he agrees to see it. From there, once a film acquires a reputation as undeserved as this, it is almost compulsory to love it- the middle classes sit around their dinner tables, and all smugly agree how good it is, no matter what they actually think of it.

I am angry that I have seen this film, and I am angry that it is so popular; it simply reflects how low our society has sunk, and how little we expect from popular entertainment.

The 'R' word should not be lightly thrown around, but as well this film being extremely annoying, I wonder if I am alone in being very disturbed about how disrespectful the movie is to Japanese society and culture?