Getting Any? (1995)

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Purely Joyful Movie!

Awesome Movie

The acting in this movie is really good.

"Getting Any?" might just be one of the lowest brow films I've seen in years. While I'll admit the film made me laugh, I was embarrassed that it did and am not sure I'd want all my friends to know I had a good time watching this incredibly dumb film....and wow, is it dumb! Before I talk about the film, I should talk about how it's been marketed. The DVD case shows a close up of Beat Takeshi, though he's only in a small portion of the film (not even appearing until the 77 minute mark). Now putting him on the cover isn't completely dishonest--he did write and direct the film. However, Dankan stars as the bizarre leading man.The film begins with Dankan trying to buy a car so he can have sex inside it. This seems to be his consuming passion and throughout this VERY free-form film, he bounces into many surreal and Benny Hill-style skits. For a while, he tries to figure out the best way to get a girl to be willing to have sex with him--and he imagines himself in many bizarre situations--many that are absolutely soaked in nudity. The goes from being a failed bank robber, to a failed actor, to a failed gangster, to the invisible man (he didn't fail here) to a weird fly-man who adores human waste.Much of this is not funny, but some is and you'll laugh out loud. But it's not consistent at all, very cartoony and much like a film if it were made by 8 year-olds with a big budget. But, at other times, it's clever satire--and stuff you'd adore if you are into Japanese culture--as it pokes fun of Zatoichi, Ultraman, Joe Shishido (a great gangster from 1960s Japanese films) and even Ghost Busters. The jokes come so fast that even though most fall flat, you can't help but admire its energy--even though it's a most juvenile and often sleazy film. Watch it...alone. And don't admit to anyone that you like this sort of thing!

I think Beat Takeshi is very funny on television. Because in this medium he can adapt and change with the times. Reference relevant things and keep up to date with the latest sense of humour and fashions.This movie is only 11 years old - but already is completely out dated. The numerous references to Japanese TV, film and music are not relevant anymore. Many of the jokes and puns seem tired and old-fashioned.The movie does have one or two funny moments - but not worth the money of a rental i'm afraid.Takeshi Kitano has directed some wonderful movies. And I believe his film making talents definitely lie in drama rather than comedy.As Beat Takeshi he is a funny and anarchistic. But this only works in the realm of TV. Where he can move with the times.This movie is old fashioned and dated. And ultimately not funny anymore.Sorry.

It sometimes comes as a surprise to people when they learn that Takeshi Kitano is best known in Japan as a comedian. The man with the most deadpan expression ever is mainly known for his gangster movies, and for the sometimes shocking portrayal of violence they contain. I'm surprised that people are surprised though, because even his most hardboiled gangster movies contain a strain of deadpan absurdist humour that is at least as characteristic of his films as the violence. Maybe a lot of people simply miss the humour - Americans aren't best known for their appreciation of subtle comedy after all Watching GETTING ANY? it's hard to imagine anybody missing the fact it is a comedy though, as it is anything but subtle. Actually maybe that's not true - the humour is still often times subtle, but the movie as a whole is unmissably surreal and absurd.The premise is simple. A not too bright loser has but one thing on his mind - getting laid. He really hasn't got much of a clue how one goes about this, though, and the movie largely concerns his increasingly stupid schemes to get some. First on the list... get a car. Should be simple enough, right? Not for this guy His plans get more and more ludicrous as the movie progresses, and lead him into some ridiculous and sometimes hilarious situations.This is without a doubt the strangest movie Kitano has done, and it's as wild and inventive as any movie that springs to mind except maybe the odd Jeff Lau or Stephen Chiau film. The movie plays like a strung together sequence of sketches parodying numerous movies and cultural elements, rather like a Japanese Monty Python film. Like Monty Python, it's clear that there's a keen intelligence behind all the stupidity.The movie is not without flaws, unfortunately - chief of which is that it loses focus for a long time around the half way mark. Our hero gets himself into a couple of dire situations and for some time the whole purpose of his adventure (getting some) is forgotten. It's still funny and ridiculous, but dilutes the experience somewhat and drags on a little too long. It perhaps becomes a little too absurd for its own good in the second half, coming too close to simply being random.GETTING ANY? is a fairly lightweight contribution to Kitano's resume, but one so totally opposed to his unique style of film-making shown in films like SONATINE and HANA-BI that it simply had to be made. Kitano is far more than a one trick pony, even though it's mainly for one trick that he's known in the west. Unfortunately, GETTING ANY is probably altogether too strange to have widespread appeal in the US, and won't do much to broaden peoples' perception of him.

One of the stupidest, most bizarre, and straight up perverted movies I've seen in a long time, but it was friggin' funny as hell. If you can handle 'stupid funny' then this movie is definitely enjoyable. Loosely organized around the fact that this perverted guy wants to score badly.... so he goes off and tries many different means to accomplish this task. The end degenerates into a big of a Godzilla parody, but still funny. be sure to stick around for the end of the credits too.