Suzume Katagura is an bored housewife, she spends her
days doing chores and taking care of her husbands pet
turtle. One day she sees an wanted ad for spies, hoping
for some excitement she decides to give them a call.
User Reviews Great fun!
by Unicorn_Blade I am kind of surprised to
see such low rating and bad reviews. To be quite fair, I found
the movie a fantastic entertainment. I hardly ever laugh
so much during the film as I did yesterday.
First of all, I would not say that plot is nonexistent
here. It is pretty chaotic, but that was the point here,
and this is where the charm of Turtles lays. I see it in a way as
a parody of the detective movies with a simple plot (a
crime happened, police is chasing them, the criminal is
caught). Here we have no crime, the whole spying looks a
bit surreal until the very end, the detectives talk
nonsense most of the time, the clumsiness of the
investigation is hilarious. Many scenes look
just random, but again this is why they are funny.
Dancing hairdresser or the lottery with ''fabulous''
prices might not add much to the development of the spy
plot, but they help to create a great impression of a
crazy life the main character is leading. It is the
accumulation of the surprising elements and the
unexpected that put the smile on my face. You can also find
bits parodying teen movies (Suzume crush on Katou, and
their rendez-vous years later), and once again, I could
not stop laughing how awkward, but how close to real
life that was. All in all, I think
it is really worth giving it a chance, just sit back and
relax, and if you don''t expect a highly intellectual
film, you might love it as I did.
