Review of Midori

Midori (1992)
3/10
Weird body horror fever dream
26 July 2021
This movie actually has most of its disturbing stuff early on. And yeah, it's not for the faint of heart or people who struggle with trauma.

It definitely depicts some child sexual abuse, as well as graphic animal killing, as is known about it.

I watched this because it was listed as a disturbing movie, and honestly it didn't phase me. The plot never stays coherent for long, and some of the body horror imagery looks silly instead of scary. The animation quality differs wildly, but tends to be shoddy at best. Honestly it kind of bored me. I had heard this was intense and disturbing, but I can't really agree with that. Maybe if it had a longer runtime and we were able to get attached to anything before things immediately happen, but it's honestly just WEIRD. It's really weird. It feels very experimental.

I'm not hating over the controversial content. The opposite actually. I was bored. I will say I liked Midori's facial expressions and her face reminded me a lot of Junji Ito's style. But Ito's works are far more terrifying imo and have better body horror.

I wish I could understand the praise. Though the dedication of its creator is amazing no matter how you feel about this 47-minute long animation.
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