Fantastic!

best movie i've ever seen.

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Blistering performances.

If I could give this awful movie a zero; I would. This is probably one of the most pretentious films I have ever seen - second to your average Zack Snyder film. Not only does this movie have so many still frames - this movie makes it seem like it has more content than what it advertises by the 2.5 hour showing time. I spent about half this movie waiting for something to happen and nothing did. I am currently watching the film as I type this and I made an account on IMDb just to give it a bad review. I was disturbed by awful sounds and grunts and I returned to the film showing off how strong their actors and actresses are by giving each other piggy-back rides. What is this movie exactly? According to a friend, it doesn't even follow the source material; just like DC films. 0/10 would not want to watch again.

Beautifully underplayed and explored in a mature and realistic fashion. The relationship between brother and sister is never displayed as wrong nor right, making this an honest film which the audience can perceive in their own ways. Most will find it slow, as many will not be able to appreciate the quiet decay of something both beautiful and destructive. These quiet moments are for us to think and feel as the film progresses, an empty or closed mind will not serve this film well. Most scenes are made up of 1-3 characters discussing the events, but in a subtle and dark way. The smallest moments can have the most dramatic impact. The mother discovering a bed that's not been slept in. The smile as Yori watches Iku etc. Wonderful moments and a wonderful movie.

As someone before me said,Iku and Yori's love was doomed from the start (twincest = no longer okay. Although once upon a time people used to force twins to marry).It's always very sad to not be able to return to a happier time; to be forced to move on.In the beginning,I wondered if it was lust just from how suddenly Yori's emotional damn broke,but I was quickly corrected by watching all the tense interactions.There's a lot of subtlety in this movie, if you're the type of person who doesn't pick up on it,you won't understand this at all.It is very slow in that there are many awkward pauses;several times I wanted to yell "Say something!Anything!" but that's how life is, isn't it? Full of awkward moments when no one knows what to say? Initially, when the movie ended, my response was "that's it?", but when I thought about it,that way made the most sense -- a quiet death to their relationship because if they grieve strongly,they wont be able to handle living 'so close,yet so far'. My only remaining queries are if the mother actually realized the situation and if Yori or Iku regretted their romance for the heartbreak/pain it caused them. Jun Matsumoto continually impresses me with his acting,and I say this as a movie connoisseur because Arashi really isn't my thing.

Forget what you've heard before about what this story is about. This story is about a love that is doomed in every respect, but even so is still so deep that it can not be denied.This movie tested my patience. At certain points the movement on screen was so slow that I started to think there was something wrong with the disc player I was using. I am not a fan of 'artsy' films. I do not usually shed tears during 'emotional moments' in movies. I am not familiar with the other incarnations of this story in Japanese comic or animation form so I am judging it based only on what I saw in this film.The ending got under my skin and made me shed tears. Due to a painfully beautiful ending I can not give this movie higher praises. Upon a 2nd viewing all the almost unbearable slowness makes sense and is actually appreciated! The acting once thought hollow now seems only reserved emotions. I found the movie to be a true experience.I recommend that if you can bare the initial slowness to give this movie a chance and hopefully you will come away with a deeper understanding of what love is and can be. Ironically, this was an extremely moving film with the least amount of actual movement I have seen in a very long time. I am personally very thankful to have seen this film.