Minnâ-yatteruka! (Getting Any?) (1995)

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Takeshi Kitano made an international name for himself for directing films of great emotional subtlety and technical innovation such as Hana-Bi and Sonatine. This film displays none of those traits. Directed under his comedian moniker "Beat Takeshi," Kitano displays the bawdy schtick that made him… More Takeshi Kitano made an international name for himself for directing films of great emotional subtlety and technical innovation such as Hana-Bi and Sonatine. This film displays none of those traits. Directed under his comedian moniker "Beat Takeshi," Kitano displays the bawdy schtick that made him famous with this gleefully stupid tale about one man's attempt at getting laid. Asao (Dannkann) wakes up one morning from a dream in which he's seen as a hipster shagging a beautiful woman in the back of a really cool car. He immediately sets out to the local car dealership and asks the salesman which vehicle would be best suited for "car sex." Soon he exits the lot with a little sportster and promptly fails at picking up a cute girl he sees on the street. After a series of comic mishaps, ending finally with this car getting crushed by a truck, he goes to plan B -- to steal enough money to fly first class and test his seductive luck with the stewardesses. When robbing a bank fails, he takes up acting in a Zatoichi-like samurai film only to accidentally dump dung on every one of his fellow actors. Finally, after humiliating and exhausting himself trying to get the attention of the opposite sex, he tries to become invisible and embark on a career as a peeping tom. Improbably, he does, getting more than he bargained for. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 16 min.
Directed By: Takeshi Kitano
Genres: Art House & International, Comedy

In Theaters: Feb 11, 1995 Wide
On DVD: Feb 18, 2003

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Anthony L

Getting Any? is definitely a 'Beat' film rather than a Kitano. It's hard to compare it to anything else but I suppose it's a cross between the Robin Askwith confessions films of the 70's and Save the Green Planet, another bizarre (but brilliant) film from the… More
Getting Any? is definitely a 'Beat' film rather than a Kitano. It's hard to compare it to anything else but I suppose it's a cross between the Robin Askwith confessions films of the 70's and Save the Green Planet, another bizarre (but brilliant) film from the East. It marks the end of 'Beat' Takashi in many ways too, Takeshi himself has said that this was a suicide for his alter-ego but it was also completed just before his accident which marks a huge change in direction for the actor/director. It's very silly, quite childish and doesn't do Japanese stereotypes many favours but it is quite fun, a guilty pleasure if you will.
Lesley N

Not one of Takeshi Kitano's usual slow-burning ganster dramas that he's most famous for in the west but how the Japanese know him , as a TV host and comedian. GETTING ANY is a slapstick shaggydog comedy about an inadequate man's efforts to get some car sex (or plane… More
Not one of Takeshi Kitano's usual slow-burning ganster dramas that he's most famous for in the west but how the Japanese know him , as a TV host and comedian. GETTING ANY is a slapstick shaggydog comedy about an inadequate man's efforts to get some car sex (or plane sex, whichevers easiest). The adventures come thick and fast as one ludicrous situation spins off into another...by the end of the film I'm not entirely sure how we got from there to here, but the ride was definitely fun. <img src="http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/protectedimage.php?image=JohnWhite/gett1.jpg_20092008&width=600">