Homestay

While the credits acknowledge that this was "inspired" by Eto Mori's 1999 novel, which was already filmed twice before, the truth is that everything original about this movie - the premise, the idea of a not-so-nice guardian angel, and the final revelation - comes from the novel.

This film presents some really problematic views about women which are not part of the original story, namely how the protagonist treats his mother and girlfriend. The director and screenwriter make it seem that females are to blame if their suffering causes the male protagonist to feel bad about himself. In the original, his motive has more substantial and understandable reasons. In this story, he is utterly selfish. The local reviews upon reviews basically said the same thing, and that the weak script is only carried by the lead's devoted performance.

Watch the 2010 anime version "Colorful" instead, it is superior in every way.

Oh man this movie is just amazing, whether you would like to watch it with friends, girl friend, family it will blow your mind, trust me I am a movie lover and this movie by far has gone first in my top 5 movies, full of action, emotion, inspiring, cool special effects and much more... you have to watch it to know what I mean.. absolutely loved it.

Rewatched this movie after 6 years. Now I have a lot of problems and lost my identity and have suicidal thoughts. I cried a lot compared when i watched it for the first time. With this movie I hope I can keep continue. This movie is masterpiece and I already watched the anime version. The music the videography are godtier.

The first time I watched it when i was in college. I already had suicidal thought when i was in highschool. Back then I already adored this movie. After 6 years, everything changes i graduated from college and lost my job. This movie brings back memories even though I forgot a lot of scenes. And still this movie hits hard after 6 year.

I'm currently placed to teach in Wang Nam Yen, Sa Kaeo (rural area), Thailand with one of my friends. We are making the most of our time here and always try to keep ourselves busy so that we won't get homesick. We decided to go watch this movie to buy some time before the night market. When we finished the movie we both walked out the theatre with heavy hearts and we were practically crying inside. Because this movie put a big emphasis on family. This movie made us miss our family so much......Overall, it was a great movie! it was a emotional roller coaster ride for us and we enjoyed every bit of it!

I have watched it 3 times alread, it's never get bored and there's alot of plot twist which made this movie is more attractive ❤