A man meets a woman at a café, and they meet every Thursday. But one day, she just disappears, and he can’t find her. What happened to this woman?
“Analog” is a cute and warm romantic drama where a man falls in love with a woman. They meet every Thursday at a café, and you can sense there is chemistry between them. However, the woman doesn’t open up much, remaining a mysterious character who keeps the protagonist and viewers at a distance. What is she hiding?
Then, one day, she disappears, and there is a reason for that. You feel that the protagonist lives a lonely life, even though he has some close friends. His mother is dying, and the only bright light in his life is the woman he has met. He feels that she is the missing piece in his life. But does she feel the same for him?
If you have watched a lot of romantic dramas from Japan, the movie doesn’t offer a surprise when we get the answer to why the woman disappeared. It has become a cliché, but in the end, there isn’t much they can do about that since it’s limited to what they can do when something unexpected happens that changes the story completely.
The most important thing is that I, Mr. Romance, almost started to cry. My eyes filled up with tears, and I liked the protagonist, who seemed like a good man. I just wanted the best for him.
The woman is more mysterious and may seem a little stuck up and stoic like many Japanese characters do. But you understand she may be good for him, so you hope they will become a couple.
And this must be one of the laziest role interpretations I have ever seen by Lily Frank. He runs a café with almost no customers. It’s funny when the protagonist sits there for hours, drinking one cup of coffee, it seems. Poor Lily Frank doesn’t say much in the movie. He is so creepy when he stands there, listening to the customers and smiling his creepy smile. I guess he must have loved playing this lazy and pretty useless role.
I want to say more about the ending and the last 25 minutes of the movie, but I just can’t because I’m not here to ruin your movie experience. It gets quite emotional towards the end. Call me Mr. Romance.
“Analog” offers a simple story, but it has a big heart. It gives you a hard punch to the stomach, and after a while, you can see a shimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, which is important in a movie like this with these characters.