This story of two men, one a tired businessman starting a restaurant, one a syrian immigrant who comes under his protection, is a bit of a slow burn - it takes almost half hte movie to bring these two men together. And Aki Kaurismaki's usual dry style unfortunately in this case tends to lead to characters that are a bit thin - just functions of their place in the plot, rather than something more fully rounded.
There is the occasional sequence that works like gangbusters - the restraunt's desperate attempt at a sushi night - but this was a case where everything felt awfully thin and surface - there isn't quote enough plot to keep this ticking over, and there isn't enough character depth to fill the gaps while the plot isn't moving. So I didn't really go for this one.
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