SPOILER FREE Reviews From The 2006 TIFF
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Described by Giovanna Fulvi on the TIFF website as "destined to surprise Miike's devoted fans" (is that even possible?), director Takashi Miike's film Big Bang Love, Juvenile A is born as art, vacations as a homoerotic prison movie, and has a 9 to 5 job as a faux-noir murder mystery with a comedic punchline. Full of metaphors the coffee house crowd say they "get", the rest of us would probably like a second viewing before making such a claim.
Fun to look at. Confusing. Unnecessarily repetitive. Worth a look for Miike fans, maybe not for others.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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Described by Giovanna Fulvi on the TIFF website as "destined to surprise Miike's devoted fans" (is that even possible?), director Takashi Miike's film Big Bang Love, Juvenile A is born as art, vacations as a homoerotic prison movie, and has a 9 to 5 job as a faux-noir murder mystery with a comedic punchline. Full of metaphors the coffee house crowd say they "get", the rest of us would probably like a second viewing before making such a claim.
Fun to look at. Confusing. Unnecessarily repetitive. Worth a look for Miike fans, maybe not for others.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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