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Kokubunji, 2021.10.16

This is an awkward semi-comedy featuring a guy who loses control of his life to an app. It starts out in an engaging way, and I liked the domineering 'personality' of the app. Unfortunately, the whole thing felt somehow perched, like everyone involved were shooting each other nervous glances as if to say, "this is funny .. right?" I feel like the lead is someone who needs lots of strong supporting actors and I'm not sure that works.

Not recommended.

rand()m quote

If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it. A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

—Roald Dahl