My Darling Is A Foreigner

My Darling Is A Foreigner

Synopsis

A spin-off manga, “My Darling Is A Foreigner” chronicles the life of illustrator Saori (Mao Inoue) as a budding manga artist while Tony (Jonathan Sheer) is an American who comes to Japan after falling in love with the language. Saori and Tony fall in love and get married in a short span of time. Coming from two different cultures and languages, will their relationship survive?

Official Site: www.darling-movie.com

Singapore Release Date: 16 September 2010, Thursday

Running Time: 100 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jonathan Sheer, Mao Inoue, Ryoko Kunika, Naho Toda, Jun Kunimura

Crew: Director (Kazuaki Ue)

The Trailer

The Review

‘My Darling Is a Foreigner’ is another of East-meets-West production. Nothing original there being done, but watching it captures a couple’s dilemma of the trials and tribulations encountered during inter-racial relationship.

This anime to film adaption didn’t got off to a good start.

Yes it’s a journey of self-discovery, which is excellent, but there’s cuteness overload in this film. It could do less however too with the narration, as it was annoying when there’s too much of talk, and too little action.

Overall it was somewhat amusing, but half the time I was also cringing at some of the scenes. It seems forced, and I just wish it was over and done with.

The Good

• Funny cultural differences scenes

The Bad

• I didn’t feel the chemistry between the leads
• Presented in manga style, for which I couldn’t grasp

Editor’s Ratings