I really enjoyed this movie.
It is so bloody straight. "Honest Goro" is... an honest Goro (everyman name): bumbling and very imperfect. And it's his supermarket, too. "Bargains Galore" is the shady cut-throat business that threatens to destroy Goro.
Enter Hanako (everywoman name). Yes, like any good woman she wears the pants whether or not she wears the pants. Will she help Goro overcome the competition? Of course. Will they succeed? Well, that would be telling, but what do you really think? This movie is not only really, really straight, it is light and moral without being uptight. Perfectly charming, as charming as the logo of Goro's supermarket. Really enjoyable on a winter night for watching man-and-wife, but without any "romantic comedy" sappiness.
Sometimes we all need something uplifting.
It is so bloody straight. "Honest Goro" is... an honest Goro (everyman name): bumbling and very imperfect. And it's his supermarket, too. "Bargains Galore" is the shady cut-throat business that threatens to destroy Goro.
Enter Hanako (everywoman name). Yes, like any good woman she wears the pants whether or not she wears the pants. Will she help Goro overcome the competition? Of course. Will they succeed? Well, that would be telling, but what do you really think? This movie is not only really, really straight, it is light and moral without being uptight. Perfectly charming, as charming as the logo of Goro's supermarket. Really enjoyable on a winter night for watching man-and-wife, but without any "romantic comedy" sappiness.
Sometimes we all need something uplifting.