Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

BeSummers Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

quirell 'Map of the Sounds of Tokyo' is no Thriller. It's more of a slow drama centering on the young Ryu, that lives a lonely and silent life in the chaos of Tokyo. She spends her nights working on a fish market while from time to time hanging out with another lonely old guy. Her routine is only broken by the casual killings that she performs, though those things never become the center of the story. Parallel to Ryu we see how the suicide of some girl in the town leaves her father grieving and broken, which is why his subordinate orders Ryu to kill the dead girl's boyfriend David from Spain. In slow pictures we follow all those connected persons through their daily lives dealing with loneliness and grief. We often hear only the sounds of the city and silence from the protagonists, which helps to understand how lost they all are in this big world. You will not find the good or the bad guy in this piece. Most of the times the atmosphere is rather depressing with only a few glimpses of sunshine here and there, especially when Asian and European culture are opposing each other. I would compare the general feeling and vibe of the movie with Amélie, though the latter one leaves you at least with a smile and some hope at the end.For me, the key to the movie seems to be that no matter where you are from or what you are doing for a living, we all want and need another person in our life. And also how easy it is to be alone in such a big city full of people like Toyko. And while I like the movie's depth and slowness, it is kind of hard to connect with any of the protagonists. No one is really likable and often they seem so passive about their situations.Just how life, the movie is not perfect. But it may help you to slow down in this fast and loud world for a little time to value the people around you.

ron-bowren Looking for a list of the soundtrack music played in this film. Can't seem to find much, except that many viewers enjoyed the music as much as I did.Hope someone is able to post a list of the music, and maybe even where a soundtrack might be purchased. Have seen this film more than once, and still continue to enjoy it!Watching it each time brings back a lot of good memories of the sights, sounds, and smells of Japan, and the many good friends I came to know. My life continues to be influenced by the impressions the Japanese culture had on me. I also enjoyed the film "Norwegian Wood"!

Armand it is a kind of song. not very inspired, with to much ambitions but seductive only for the performance of Min Tanaka.a film about love, life and searches. its sin - desire to present all. usual good intentions, the need to impress. so, different pieces from different puzzles are mixed in a game almost without rules. poetry and sex, revenge and nostalgic crumbs, Japanese ingredients and American indie.memories from many other movies about same subject. that is all. the work of director, the fragile force of Rinko Kikuchi are admirable but not adapted to theme. and Sergi Lopez is the worst option. than - fake dialogs who must create special atmosphere but sounds as old sticks on marble floor.a web. improvised.

CurtHerzstark Isabel Coixet is a director I always liked since I saw My Life Without Me (2003)a few years back. Since then I tried to see the rest of her films.This one just like Elegy (2008), seems to be Coixets attempt at becoming a more mainstream director, a bankable director able to do genre films.However, Coixet seems very unfamiliar with genrefilmmaking and this film is very flawed, lacks focus and also brings almost nothing new the thriller genre.Coxiet dramathriller about a Japanese girl who works at the fishmarket and also doubles as an assassin is basically your average story about a lonely assassin doing his/her job without emotion until one day....Coixet tries to fill this tired, cliché ridden subgenre with filmpoetry, beautiful visuals, odd script and different approach but somewhere leaves the viewer with feeling that she knows almost nothing about this subgenre.Experimenting with genres, mixing style and content in order to do something new and still stick to genretraditions is one hard thing to do.Coixet doesn't handle this well, but there are good things to say about Rinko Kikuchis fishmarket girl, Sergi Lópezs wine merchant etc. Coixet has always been good directing actors and once again we get a film full of wonderful performances.Had Coixet seen Le samouraï (1967), Xich lo/Cyclo (1995), Seom/The Isle (2000)etc we would have probably seen a different film altogether, instead of this flawed film.However, see this film regardless of what the critics say, it has very nice performances, visuals etc.And maybe next time Coixet will make a better genrefilm.