WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

tom-soya I think Beat Takeshi is very funny on television. Because in this medium he can adapt and change with the times. Reference relevant things and keep up to date with the latest sense of humour and fashions.This movie is only 11 years old - but already is completely out dated. The numerous references to Japanese TV, film and music are not relevant anymore. Many of the jokes and puns seem tired and old-fashioned.The movie does have one or two funny moments - but not worth the money of a rental i'm afraid.Takeshi Kitano has directed some wonderful movies. And I believe his film making talents definitely lie in drama rather than comedy.As Beat Takeshi he is a funny and anarchistic. But this only works in the realm of TV. Where he can move with the times.This movie is old fashioned and dated. And ultimately not funny anymore.Sorry.

jackRabbit2 I don't ever recall writing a user comment for a film before, but considering some other comments here say it is garbage, I thought I would defend it. While this film CAN be considered garbage because it is so stupid and has some of the weirdest parts, you really have to watch this for what it is worth. This film is the single most funny movie I have ever seen in my life. If you can get over the fact at how slap stick and how unlikely it is, this is comic genius. There are so many references in this film also, to thinks like power rangers, road runner and coyote etc. It really is truly funny. This movie is so crazy you'll be on the floor dying of laughter, the comic timing is impeccable, the situations are insane and the outcomes are even more insane. This is the zaniest movie ever made. No it won't change your life, it wont enlighten you, but you WILL laugh.

Simon Booth It sometimes comes as a surprise to people when they learn that Takeshi Kitano is best known in Japan as a comedian. The man with the most deadpan expression ever is mainly known for his gangster movies, and for the sometimes shocking portrayal of violence they contain. I'm surprised that people are surprised though, because even his most hardboiled gangster movies contain a strain of deadpan absurdist humour that is at least as characteristic of his films as the violence. Maybe a lot of people simply miss the humour - Americans aren't best known for their appreciation of subtle comedy after all Watching GETTING ANY? it's hard to imagine anybody missing the fact it is a comedy though, as it is anything but subtle. Actually maybe that's not true - the humour is still often times subtle, but the movie as a whole is unmissably surreal and absurd.The premise is simple. A not too bright loser has but one thing on his mind - getting laid. He really hasn't got much of a clue how one goes about this, though, and the movie largely concerns his increasingly stupid schemes to get some. First on the list... get a car. Should be simple enough, right? Not for this guy His plans get more and more ludicrous as the movie progresses, and lead him into some ridiculous and sometimes hilarious situations.This is without a doubt the strangest movie Kitano has done, and it's as wild and inventive as any movie that springs to mind except maybe the odd Jeff Lau or Stephen Chiau film. The movie plays like a strung together sequence of sketches parodying numerous movies and cultural elements, rather like a Japanese Monty Python film. Like Monty Python, it's clear that there's a keen intelligence behind all the stupidity.The movie is not without flaws, unfortunately - chief of which is that it loses focus for a long time around the half way mark. Our hero gets himself into a couple of dire situations and for some time the whole purpose of his adventure (getting some) is forgotten. It's still funny and ridiculous, but dilutes the experience somewhat and drags on a little too long. It perhaps becomes a little too absurd for its own good in the second half, coming too close to simply being random.GETTING ANY? is a fairly lightweight contribution to Kitano's resume, but one so totally opposed to his unique style of film-making shown in films like SONATINE and HANA-BI that it simply had to be made. Kitano is far more than a one trick pony, even though it's mainly for one trick that he's known in the west. Unfortunately, GETTING ANY is probably altogether too strange to have widespread appeal in the US, and won't do much to broaden peoples' perception of him.

Robot Rancher Not a bad film, but not a good one either. Kitano's usual crisp writing style is all together missing in this film which has a rather basic plot (a pathetic middle-aged man who's goal in life is to one day have sex in a car), but at the same time is mired by the off the wall misadventures of the main character Asao. In fact, Asao's adventures become so off the wall that by the end of the film, I completely lost track of how he wound up in his final state (or maybe by the end of the film I just didnt care anymore to think about it). What makes the off the wall plot even worse is the smattering of off the wall characters to go with it (like the pink nighty wearing Yakuza Boss, the old man who steals Asao's "bomb cake", and the dying Yakuza gangster who keeps popping up every so often to give Asao a helping hand).However, despite its shortcomings, the movie did have its moments. Kitano's scientist character was rather amusing, and it was a fresh change to see him playing a character that didnt shoot anyone in the face (its kinda like seeing Clint Eastwood in a comedy). Also the film did some pretty good lampooning on popular Japanese film genres (such as the Yakuza Film, and the Giant Monster Movie).In conclusion, Minna yatteruka was an o.k. comedy, but thats about it. It lacked the subtle humor found in Kitano's other films like Kikujiro which I found more enjoyable. Due to that, I would have to give this film a 6 and a word of advice to the film maker: There is such a thing as having too much "stool" in a movie.