Para mi próximo cumpleaños (en 344 días) quiero que me contraten por una semana un papá en Family Romance

Para mi próximo cumpleaños (en 344 días) quiero que me contraten por una semana un papá en Family Romance

This movie is a catastrophe on every technical level — from the camera work to the editing, and there’s barely even a screenplay to speak of. Everything feels uncanny and off, which might be intentional, but it completely fails to connect with me.

Still, somehow, it kept my attention until the end — but nothing beyond that. On MUBI, there’s a short introduction by Werner Herzog giving some context before the film starts. Honestly, I think without that introduction, I wouldn’t have made it through. The name and the context make it interesting, but without them, the film itself just doesn’t manage to tell what it needs to, to be a good movie for itself. I get it, what Herzog wanted to do with this but in the end its nothing more than an more or less interesting experiment with a few cute moments.

This movie is a catastrophe on every technical level — from the camera work to the editing, and there’s barely even a screenplay to speak of. Everything feels uncanny and off, which might be intentional, but it completely fails to connect with me.

Still, somehow, it kept my attention until the end — but nothing beyond that. On MUBI, there’s a short introduction by Werner Herzog giving some context before the film starts. Honestly, I think without that introduction, I wouldn’t have made it through. The name and the context make it interesting, but without them, the film itself just doesn’t manage to tell what it needs to, to be a good movie for itself. I get it, what Herzog wanted to do with this but in the end its nothing more than an more or less interesting experiment with a few cute moments.

a culpa foi completamente minha por esperar um final feliz

a culpa foi completamente minha por esperar um final feliz

Director- Werner Herzog.This is the first movie by Herzog that I have seen.This is the second Japanese movie I have seen a renowned German filmmaker make. The first is Perfect Days by Wim Wenders. It has a humanistic feel that set my expectations for this to be humanistic too which it is.Herzog wrote and directed the movie, operated the camera, and did cinematography.There is no spectacular aspect of this may it be visuals, editing or cinematography but the acting brings it all together. Maybe it is common in German cinema too, I haven't watched enough to know for sure.This is said to be an experimental work of Herzog and is in no way a benchmark for his usual movies.The movie is based on the rent-a-person business in Japan. The protagonist is in the rent-a-father business and is shown acting as a father figure in many families.Others are also shown to be acting as such figures. These imaginary roles work greatly. For example, one father is always drunk so the family rented one for the daughter's wedding.Such roles cause strain on the workers as the lines between reality and imagination start to blur.The main conflict occurs when one person rents the protagonist for too long. This made him question if he had started to have genuine feelings for her or not. He goes on a quest to try to answer this question but it is fruitless.He is given an offer to become a dad full-time with a house as a gift too but he refuses and runs away.The ending where the protagonist is sitting outside the house on the stairs is quite great as the protagonist acted it fantastically and the hands we see from the door add a nice touch.

Director- Werner Herzog.This is the first movie by Herzog that I have seen.This is the second Japanese movie I have seen a renowned German filmmaker make. The first is Perfect Days by Wim Wenders. It has a humanistic feel that set my expectations for this to be humanistic too which it is.Herzog wrote and directed the movie, operated the camera, and did cinematography.There is no spectacular aspect of this may it be visuals, editing or cinematography but the acting brings it all together. Maybe it is common in German cinema too, I haven't watched enough to know for sure.This is said to be an experimental work of Herzog and is in no way a benchmark for his usual movies.The movie is based on the rent-a-person business in Japan. The protagonist is in the rent-a-father business and is shown acting as a father figure in many families.Others are also shown to be acting as such figures. These imaginary roles work greatly. For example, one father is always drunk so the family rented one for the daughter's wedding.Such roles cause strain on the workers as the lines between reality and imagination start to blur.The main conflict occurs when one person rents the protagonist for too long. This made him question if he had started to have genuine feelings for her or not. He goes on a quest to try to answer this question but it is fruitless.He is given an offer to become a dad full-time with a house as a gift too but he refuses and runs away.The ending where the protagonist is sitting outside the house on the stairs is quite great as the protagonist acted it fantastically and the hands we see from the door add a nice touch.

very conflicted on this one...

the plot and the themes are interesting, but it's hard to look past some of the acting and the fact that it looks like herzog just filmed the entire thing on his phone(???) i get what he's going for it's just very hard to love watching it

very conflicted on this one...

the plot and the themes are interesting, but it's hard to look past some of the acting and the fact that it looks like herzog just filmed the entire thing on his phone(???) i get what he's going for it's just very hard to love watching it