Once the road trip begins, it is booooooooring.

Alternately a zany road trip adventure, a romantic comedy, a cautionary fable about media frenzy and perhaps an extended metaphor for sexual frustration, it zigs and zags with unbridled glee. Ishihara and Asaoka give their all. The film's aesthetics are a delight. The candy-colored visuals really pop. Where the movie falters is in its middle section, which spins its wheels in somewhat repetitive scenarios. It's a minor speed bump, though, and overall it's an enjoyable, oddball piece of work.