News — 50 First Kisses

50 First Kisses 50次初吻 (2018) - Japan   Aka 50 Kaime no Fasuto Kisu   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     The Japanese remake of Hollywood’s “50 First Dates” stay far to close to its source material and the result of director Yuichi Fukuda’s effort feels like a complete carbon copy of the original and almost completely uninspiring. Replacing the chemistry driven duo of Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore will always be a tough ask and Japanese counterparts Takayuki Yamada and Masami Nagasawa. The real problem lies in the fact that the original heavily relied...