The Contestant

Good overall, but the second half is disappointing. It tries to end on a positive note about Nasubi, when the real story should have focused on the extreme lengths art can go to in pushing ordinary people toward fame and greatness.

Hmm, I uh... I... um... I think this is fake. Nasubi seems like a bad actor to me — multiple shots of him trying to make himself cry or covering his eyes and pretending to cry when he clearly isn't, stereotypical "going crazy" performance like he's in a high school play rather than ever behaving like someone actually locked in solitary confinement, etc. Too many things don't make any sense and don't add up. Sorry, I just don't buy it.