Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
This movie's star is the late Brittany Murphy, in all her donkey-voiced splendor.
If that doesn't sum it up for you, let me continue, with more descriptive language.
This film is set in Tokyo, where poor Abby, who moved there to be with her boyfriend, gets dumped. Her lame job at a Japanese law firm doesn't do much for her, but the small neighborhood ramen restaurant does. She decides, for no real reason other than "making people happy" like the proprietor does with his magical noodles, and not knowing a lick of Japanese, to become a RAMEN CHEF!
... ah ha! will she overcome the language barriers amidst hilarity? Will she teach the meaning of love to her sensei? Will her ramen be soulful and life-changing? Ugh. These questions are answered so very poorly, and with such an utter lack of.. engagement.
... Along the way, we meet a few disconnected characters and their accompanying plotlines. We discover in random revelations that ramen is nearly spiritual, and that ramen chefs are well-respected or something. We find that Abby's sensei can seemingly infuse his ramen with powers at will, though he only does it once, and it's never explained much.
... This movie is 1:43:00 long, and nearly all of it is spent waiting for it to turn into something, kind of like Abby and her stupid ramen broth. I really can't say anything nice about this movie because I can't stand Brittany Murphy, but if I did the only thing I could say is "well, if you like Brittany Murphy, maybe you should see it if everything else is rented out, or it's on the only channel you get or something".
1 Tacoma point for featuring ramen, which I like, and a couple scenes with a redhead, which I also like. AVOID
If that doesn't sum it up for you, let me continue, with more descriptive language.
This film is set in Tokyo, where poor Abby, who moved there to be with her boyfriend, gets dumped. Her lame job at a Japanese law firm doesn't do much for her, but the small neighborhood ramen restaurant does. She decides, for no real reason other than "making people happy" like the proprietor does with his magical noodles, and not knowing a lick of Japanese, to become a RAMEN CHEF!
... ah ha! will she overcome the language barriers amidst hilarity? Will she teach the meaning of love to her sensei? Will her ramen be soulful and life-changing? Ugh. These questions are answered so very poorly, and with such an utter lack of.. engagement.
... Along the way, we meet a few disconnected characters and their accompanying plotlines. We discover in random revelations that ramen is nearly spiritual, and that ramen chefs are well-respected or something. We find that Abby's sensei can seemingly infuse his ramen with powers at will, though he only does it once, and it's never explained much.
... This movie is 1:43:00 long, and nearly all of it is spent waiting for it to turn into something, kind of like Abby and her stupid ramen broth. I really can't say anything nice about this movie because I can't stand Brittany Murphy, but if I did the only thing I could say is "well, if you like Brittany Murphy, maybe you should see it if everything else is rented out, or it's on the only channel you get or something".
1 Tacoma point for featuring ramen, which I like, and a couple scenes with a redhead, which I also like. AVOID
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