An average movie

I wasn't expecting much from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Ron Howard's work, I still wanted to check it out. Unfortunately, it was a hell of a misguided comedy. Indeed, the Japanese guys were barely developed and were merely represented as some tight ass dictatorial douchebags which was more discriminatory than actually funny. The interesting thing is that the Americans workers were not much better, even though their demeanor was a (very) little bit more understandable and believable. Indeed, those were basically lazy, ungrateful and kind of ignorant. Above all, except for a few funny scenes, the whole thing was just rather cringe-inducing. I have to admit it, Michael Keaton, basically prepping for 'Beetlejuice', was actually pretty good but his text was very often so stupid, so offending, I felt rather bad for him and he did whatever he could with this rather abysmal material. Honestly, I think that the concept had some potential but they should have handled the Japanese culture with more care. To conclude, it is a rather obscure and forgotten comedy, obviously a minor effort for Ron Howard, and it is not really worth a look, even if you like the genre.

5/10