Kukushen (2013)
A single person decides to celebrate a birthday for the first time in his life. He turns forty years old. He wants a holiday, noise and fun, but he doesn't have any friends. He invites work colleagues, classmates, a neighbor, in fact, random people, as if only external attributes are needed for the holiday. There is no miracle happening, and the only person who is not having fun at a birthday party is the birthday boy himself.
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A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.
Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.