Movie rating: 8/10 Neck score: A
Anyway, Punch is a slice of life, coming of age type movie. It was very understated at times, and just generally as quirky and awkward as a high schooler with a non-traditional family is. He has a temper, especially when people insult his hunchback father or stuttering uncle, so he punches people. He has a tsundere teacher who is looking out for him, even though it looks like he is just using him at times. He has a neighbor who cusses all the time, especially when they're being loud.
It is just a great little film about a boy reaching that turning point of his life and the things that happened to turn his life. It's pretty funny, but at a pace where if you are not paying attention you might miss something. Everything just kind of happens, no matter how weird it is if you actually thing about it, so it seems normal, and then it hits you and you laugh hard. One of my favorite scenes is just solid cussing for like 2-3 minutes over where a car was parked and slashing tires, you know the petty sort of arguments neighbors get into. It was hilarious. Awkward high school romance. The bluntness of teenagers. Families and their ups and downs. It was all good.
It also deals with a lot of good topics like the economic state of disabled people, immigration and immigrant workers, multicultural relationships, families, schools and university exams, neighborhoods, lots of things like that. It did it in a non-preachy way, just a down to earth way that made you actually pay attention. It really liked it.
