Rinko Eighteen (2009)

I watched this because I was looking for short, fluffy Japanese-language films to practice my listening skills. After I ascertained for sure that this wasn't porn, I though I'd check it out. It seemed lighthearted and amusing, maybe similar to Zack and Miri make a porno (with less R-rated content.) But there was absolutely no point. None. There wasn't a real plot, most of the actors phoned it in, and the humor was mostly site-gags and old dirty jokes. There were some successfully funny parts, but there weren't enough. The attempt at poignancy at the end of the film actually made the movie worse. I didn't completely hate it. It just had very little content. It reminded me of being a kid on Saturday when nothing good was on, flipping channels and settling on whatever, which I would probably not remember later.

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