Hiroin shikkaku

As someone who generally prefers to watch western movies over Asian movies, I was skeptical that I would enjoy this movie at first. Turns out, this movie quickly became one of my all-time favorites. The cast, the plot, the humor, the acting, the silly faces (especially Kiritani's lol), all join to create an unique romance/comedy movie experience you won't be able to find on ANY other Japanese movies.

People in the reviews here seem to expect the movie to be a comedy through and through like the first part of the movie, and were disappointed when it turned out that the movie isn't. What they didn't realize is that the movie is balancing the silly humor with the plot, as the plot line gets thicker as the movie progresses. I, for one, have zero problem with the second half of the movie. I think the movie is great from start to finish.

Bottom line, you won't regret watching this movie at least once. The movie experience of Heroine Disqualified is really like no other. You will see what I mean after you finish the movie. Take my word for it!

This movie is a combination of over the top comic book type of humor/action (like people flying through the air, or speech bubbles appearing above their heads) and a serious romance story. It just doesn't work together. The ridiculous humor destroys the emotional aspect of it. The love story is very cliché as well. It was kind of refreshing to see a cute girl in the crazy role for once, doing goofy faces and yelling and acting wild. But overall it was pretty bad and I would not recommend it to anyone.

The comedy aspect is strong in the first 30 minutes of the movie, it deserve 10/10 even. Extremely funny and unexpected, refreshing, at first you may think "Hey, it's really worth watching." Pity it turns out into a boring high-school love drama. I watched the movie until the credits roll, hoped that there would be some plot twist or unexpected comedy scene, but nothing more than vanilla romantic scenes. From all characters, I like Nakajima very much; her "I-don't-give-a-damn" attitude win me. The 'illogical' thing is how she don't seem really mind that Hatori keeps calling her 'stupid' over and over. Nakajima looks like a smart girl, instead.

The first half of the movie is extremely fun with many hilarious monologue and scenes and exaggerated expression from the female lead. It can't quite keep the same momentum in the second half but overall the movie is well worth watching even only for the first half. I'll rate it 10 for the first half and 8 for the second half.