Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Noted television screenwriter and founder of the acclaimed theatrical group Tokyo Sunshine Boys, Koki Mitani makes his directorial debut with this wickedly funny look at a live radio broadcast gone horribly wrong. As a part of a PR stunt, a Tokyo radio station holds an amateur screenwriting contest ...more

Some critics have singled out Welcome Back Mr. McDonald as an excellent tribute to the screwball comedies of old and the comparison holds: it has the snappy pacing, witty dialogue and the inspired lunacy of that style of comedy. That said, Welcome Back Mr. McDonald has even more to offer as a satire of how the show business machine can eat up a good idea. The well-written script presents the mangling of a neophyte author's story in a hilarious yet frighteningly believable manner, carefully ...more