Shinya shokudô

I love food, I love Japanese movies. What else? Don't expect much, though (story-wise), there's no deep plot or anything likewise, it's just everyday life.

Also, don't pay attention to pinokiyo review, he's mixing up the timeline, this movie was made before the TV serie, so there's no point giving a bad rate thinking this movie was based on the TV serie!

I watched a few episodes of the TV drama series (which is also based on the manga), which was somewhat watchable; it works as TV episodes/series... I had no idea they made a "movie" version of the drama series. I imagined the movie would be somewhat interesting... WRONG.

What an absolutely boring snorefest.

Sure, it has a grade-up "film look", but the story is like a cure for insomnia.

Who thought this would make a good movie idea??? It's practically just a regular TV episode/story that is just super dragged out.

The premise is not interesting at all.

Also if you haven't even seen the TV series and invested your time in the characters before, the movie will feel even more pointless and boring.

PASS.

This is a nice little feel-good movie with the typical japanese charm. No big story, just everyday life, everyday people, authentic dialogues and yet it has a certain profundity to it.

The wonderful thing about Netflix is we can travel the world in our armchairs. This is beautiful ,sensitive insite into Japanese culture. Addicted . Moving. Warm.

NOT FOR EVERYONE

FOR ME I LOVE IT

It is about a restaurateur who only opens from midnight to 7:00 am, hence the name, the Midnight Diner. During these late night hours, numerous odd but charismatic characters come in with their problems.