Too Much (1987)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Good movie but grossly overrated

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Blistering performances.

This Cannon production, produced by the notorious Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, doesn't seem to have received much of a theatrical release in North America. Not only that, the movie has never been released on VHS or DVD in North America. After tracking down the movie and watching it, I think I know the answer to those puzzles - this is one terrible movie. The main problem is with the screenplay. The movie seems to be making things up as it goes along, and this result in the movie not having much of a plot (it's mostly the characters wandering around Japan), characters that are poorly developed (especially the little Japanese boy and the bad guys trying to steal the robot), and failing to convince us of the friendship between the little girl and the robot, the last being the supposed heart of the movie. About the only thing of interest in the movie is that we get to see a lot of Japan, from the big cities to the countryside. But I think even viewers who have an interest in that country will find the bulk of the movie too painful to sit through.

OK Where to begin?This is a small budget but well organised film. And as a child found it very enjoyable. So enjoyable in fact that I often compared TM (Too Much) to Johny 5! Yeh! The film was made during a time when there were so many films being made left right & centre. It's like everyone knew how to make films in those times! Not like now when you need a planet of people to create the Special FX alone.TM is family entertainment with some added stuff thrown in. OK. Good & Bad points time! Lets start with the good points:-The first thing that strikes you is that it has a wonderful & fitting soundtrack. The Title song is catchy & you'll be singing it randomly at your Desk at work 10 years later out of the blue & think.. What the F.. So yeah, the soundtrack is very well arranged. It uses electronic synthesiser arranged music & I must say is far more interesting than a lot of incidental music you get now. Even by todays standards, the sounds they used are authentic & haven't been heard since. It's a shame this wasn't released on CD. I would have loved to do a remix just for fun! The actors are strong. Usually when you involve children in a film they are SO god damn annoying! But the Robot is the most annoying person actually! But still. There's some great action scene's for a film of this grade & it's edited well. The atmosphere of the film is a Romantic one & really gives a beautiful sense to Justice, Love & Hope. Although it is a USA film, it is set in the serene country of Japan & gives it a charming outlook. From the small quaint abode they stay in to & warm Mega-shop, a nice deserted farm with cows & even on the run through the streets; it still seems nice to see the ever tall buildings glimmer through the pink night of the worlds largest city: Tokyo. The other advantage it has is that it was made in the 80's. And unlike the music of this time, Films seem fascinating & enjoyable to watch now. Bad Things:It's cheesy! But what do you expect for a kids movie? There are loop holes like when TM cuts a hole in the roof of the Van. It's much too small for him! And when Dr Finkal (?) takes what looks like a vital component out of TM he still works! The playing Hide & Seek bit at the start is awful! And this robot is so advanced he can grasp Love, but bright lights scare him? And finally, at the end.. We did it Suzzy' we did it! Erm.. What did you do exactly? Anyway, I still have this floating about on video somewhere but for the most part, I think this will only be remembered by fans & otherwise has been lost in time. I myself thinks it's adorable! But it helped seeing it as a kid!

I saw this movie about 10 years ago when I was 12 yrs old. I saw it on show time and fell in love with it. I've been wanting to get a copy of it but can't seem to find it anywhere. Not even on Amazon. Why is that?I guess it wasn't a very successfully movie when it was released in 87'. But it was very rare when I saw it, the picture seemed very wide and the color seemed dull almost like a studio cut version. Anyway I would recommend this movie to anyone who can find it. Bridgette Anderson last movie was very sad to know that, b'cuz she seemed so alive in this movie and the little Japanese kid does he still act whatever happen to the cast of people who did this film.

I am an elementary school teacher. I show this movie every year to conclude my unit study of the country of Japan. It is excellent because it isn't a movie typically already viewed by my students. They laugh (and cry) all the way through it. After viewing it, they always ask me "Where did you get this movie?" It is about a little girl, little boy, and a robot getting lost in Japan. The girl loves the robot, but there is an "evil person" after the robot strictly for profit. So the little girl and the robot run away (and soon befriend a little Japanese boy). I recommend it to anyone that can find a copy of it. It is very hard to find.