"Cold Fish" is yet one more iteration of Sion Sono's offbeat comedy bursting into rhapsodies of ero-guro. A weak and passive man gets involved in an escalating series of crimes, and at the same time cannot deal with his second wife's apathy and his daughter's cosmic dissatisfaction. But how much more can a man bear before he breaks? The pessimistic and nihilistic ending might not be what viewers wanted, but I thought it was actually one of the film's highlights. I was expecting something even more extreme, to be honest.
Denden and Watanabe steal the scene here. Their performances might feel caricatured, but I can assure you that old men of this kind are not a rare thing in Japan.
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"Cold Fish" is yet one more iteration of Sion Sono's offbeat comedy bursting into rhapsodies of ero-guro. A weak and passive man gets involved in an escalating series of crimes, and at the same time cannot deal with his second wife's apathy and his daughter's cosmic dissatisfaction. But how much more can a man bear before he breaks? The pessimistic and nihilistic ending might not be what viewers wanted, but I thought it was actually one of the film's highlights. I was expecting something even more extreme, to be honest.
Denden and Watanabe steal the scene here. Their performances might feel caricatured, but I can assure you that old men of this kind are not a rare thing in Japan.