I was hearing a lot of good things about Pleasant Days and seeing as I always find Wenders work interesting, and I also like Koji Yakusho. With Perfect Days they have created a pleasant enough film for sure, but for me it was only that, pleasant enough, which is a lot better than many other films out there, but it certainly did not hit me nearly as hard as it seems to have some many others. It is yet another basic story of finding beauty in the simple, and mundane things in life. That is a great story that has been covered many times previously in other films. It seems no one else saw any of those films that covered this exact same territory. No, the others did not focus solely on the act of cleaning toilets, but on many of the myriad others jobs and activities that might be considered equally mundane. It is a good story worth repeating, and for that I did appreciate Perfect Days, but seeing as I'm already very familiar with this story it did not have the impact that so many others seem to have enjoyed. Good for those folks and welcome to the club. Definitely worth checking out if your curious.
Review of Perfect Days
