Mike Hamblen

I hated this movie to put it mildly. Most of the dialogue is a notch above of a whisper and barely intelligible. The lead character, an expat living in Japan, walks around in a drunken stupor for most of the film picking up random men in subways and street corners for a trip to the local love hotel. As a past expat living in a foreign country, the last thing you want to do is walk around drunk alone in a darkly lit alleyway looking for a good time. That is a sure fire way to end up rolled in extreme disrepair to say the least. In that regard I found this movie to be so unbelievable, which in my book should be the first rule of good movie making. Also found the cinematography in half of the movie extremely annoying as it was shot in these ugly sepia tones of reddish brown which made the characters look radioactive.

Extremely beautiful and moving emotionally. True love story between the two. Shows that no matter how one identifies real love prevails above all else. Vikander steals the movie with her performance and range of emotions. Can't imagine one undergoing the physical operation to become another sex but the movie shows how a love story remains the same.