Props for the weird monsters. Everything else is shit.

The film has an entirely unique personality, as well as some bonafide social critiques running through the absurdity.

So I survived a Japanese stab at the mockumentary genre. While it gets props for indulging in weirdness of the extreme kind, it's attempts at jumping between genres proves it's downfall. The universe that Matsumoto is trying to create feels unfinished, and too many questions go unanswered for anyone to derive anything even remotely logical from the story. The deadpan mocku-humor often falls flat, and the monster bashes are too many - too simular - and for Kaiju worshippers only to enjoy.

"Matsumoto and Mitsuyoshi Takasu trade the grand for the gargantuan, the battle-drama for the video game fight." - Sara Schieron

"Hilarious mockumentary/satire on Japanese monsters and the society that used to love them."

Genius film. Loved both the mockumentary part and the ridiculous battle scenes.

Outrageously pokerfaced parody of ultraman style monster movies. It's not unlike Godzilla done in the style of This is Spinal Tap. Little strokes of genius abound like the strangling monster's comb over.

- absolute torture

This movie gets points for unabashed and sometimes hilarious weirdness, but the realism it achieves in so many of the scenes only accentuates the fact that most of it doesn't make any sense at all. The ending, while amusing, felt like the director had no idea how to bring the character to any kind of conclusion. I feel like I was missing some very big piece of information, maybe its all one huge japanese in-joke.

A dry and cleverly satirical mockumentary about kaiju that devolves into hysterical farce for the finale.

"Weird for the sake of weird" is a descriptor I toss around a lot, and while it may seem cheap and dismissive, the fact still remains that it fits here. Maybe a lot gets lost in translation and a larger repertoire of Japanese cultural references is required to eke any more enjoyment out of this one than I did. The CGI fights and the ending are hilarious in a "what did I just watch?" sort of way, but otherwise approach with caution, even if you dig Godzilla, Gamera, Ultraman and their ilk.

Either it should've been played straight throughout, or been more of a parody. As it stands, it is neither comedy not drama nor mockumentary, and it feels 30 minutes too long as well. However, the bizarre elements are highly enjoyable (despite, or thanks to, the somewhat crummy CGI) and the concept is pretty neat. Making the fantastic into something mundane has a lot of potential, not all of which has been used here.

I want to give this a higher rating for its uniqueness, but it really feels like two movies: bad-CGI kaiju-geki weirdness, and a great mockumentary interview film. They don't mesh. And I was turned off by the former until a fantastic deus ex machina obliterates the 4th wall at the end. You can't be too angry, just confused.

The monsters were hiiiiilarious, the rest was not.