Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants). Their weird bond is based on uncontrollable rage--something neither can articulate or control--and the strange jellyfish that they keep as a pet.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants). Their weird bond is based on uncontrollable rage--something neither can articulate or control--and the strange jellyfish that they keep as a pet.
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| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawA remarkable companion piece to Gus Van Sant's similarly haunted, lyrical, allegorical Elephant. |
| Premiere MagazineAaron HillisAn enchantingly cryptic, ethereally photographed slice of somber surrealism that should definitely appeal to fans of David Lynch and Luis Buñuel. |
| New York TimesManohla DargisCasts its spell by drawing out the horror of everyday existence bit by bit, and then tossing in some otherworldly weirdness that makes the hair on the back of your neck try to run for cover. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Andrew WrightNo stranger to the bizarro social metaphor, [Kurosawa] somehow paints the film's title as honestly optimistic, winkingly ironic, and completely doom-laden at the same time. |
| TV GuideKen FoxMore high - but strangely touching - weirdness from acclaimed Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe most spellbinding aspect of Bright Future is that the surrealism sustains its own squiddish logic, concluding with one of the most breathtaking film finales of the year. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezKurosawa strains to find a parallel between jellyfish and his characters' disaffections. |
| VarietyDavid RooneyOccupies wavelengths too remote to be tuned in by audiences other than diehard Asian esoterica enthusiasts. |
| Seattle TimesJohn HartlGradually establishes a sense of foreboding that is hard to shake, though it's not without its darkly humorous moments. |
| Eye for FilmAnton Bitelno less enigmatic, broad-reaching and majestically paced than a jellyfish. |
