Just like in "Seven Samurai," there should be an intermission. The perfect place is right near the one hour mark where all three of the main characters talk about the future when the udon craze dies down. This is where a dramatic shift occurs. You can tell because reporter girl stops wearing her glasses. The lightheartedness of the previous section stops although the montages never end and the real point of the film is presented. The first half will have you craving udon the way "Grosse Point" craved viewership. By the imaginary intermission time you will more stuffed from imaginary udon than the “The Bourne Ultimatum” was stuffed with unnecessary cuts.

In a way udon is given more credit than it deserves, but that seems to be the film’s mission. It is amazing the different types of udon there is and the way people eat it. The people gazing aspect of eating at restaurants is intensified by how freakish some people are and the quirky restaurants which serve them. The main characters are fun too; they are as joyful as Gap commercials in their pursuit of udon. It seemed like no one ate anything other than that in the whole movie.