Review of Vital (2004) by Trevor C — 24 Jun 2011
It's a very beautiful movie in the darkest way. The world of Hiroshi (Tadanobu Asano) is in subtle chaos, as he cannot remember anything after a car accident that resulted in the death of his girlfriend. He is a mortician student and somehow is spiritually connected to his dead girlfriend, while at the same time another girl falls for him. He finds out that the body he has to dissect is that of his dead girlfriend and from there forward his memories start to return and he goes to bizarre realms of his own mind, beyond dreaming, where he can be with his deceased girlfriend.
Throughout the movie there are wonderful yet sometimes disturbing images and well acted characters accompanied by this great story.
Overall the message isn't entirely clear to me, and there are many moments that can be interpreted in different ways, but this is a very interesting movie that is definitely worth checking out.
This review of Vital (2004) was written by Trevor C on 24 Jun 2011.
Vital has generally received positive reviews.
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