Exte: Hair Extensions Review

Review of Exte: Hair Extensions (2007) by screenqueeen: 👍 3.5/5

HOOPTOBER 7.0 DAY 24 7 DAYS REMAIN

Sono's hairy ghost story opens with a charm not unlike his other crazed outings with Yuko talking to the audience in a sort of establishing narration, petering out quickly to give way to a more traditional storytelling style than the director usually goes for. The dead girl's story isn't altogether there but with some visually thematic links it can be picked up, although it felt like it took me too long to get it. The third act goes completely wacky with Yamazaki dressed like Waldo meets Lady Scorpion complete with a wig of the haunted hair. EXTE has fun with its neopolitan flavored 3 acts but it didn't feel like there was enough of a single one to establish a dominant lens to tell the story through. One hell of a good time though.