I give 3 out of 10 mainly because I feel that all the casts are well chosen, it is close to my depiction of physical appearance of all the characters in the novel (except for Rinko Kizuki, I think). That aside,I label this movie as simply annoying and an insult for Murakami's great work. I don't want to go analyzing it into detail as I've read other reviews that had explained it better than mine would have been, but one major off thing for me is how the director chose to change each characters personality,take away their energy, their point of view to what happened around them to a completely different, undeveloped characters. He did it in such extent that I feel the movie just borrow the novel's main plot, and characters name.
I'll give you one example: In the novel, Reiko and Toru decided to give a more happier, brighter funeral ceremony for Naoko to compensate the sad one with her family, they sang, laugh then had sex, joking and laughing while doing it. It is different story in the movie. It seems that emotionless Toru and awkward Reiko decided to give Naoko even SADDER funeral, Reiko sang while Toru sat there with his mind in God knows where, they indeed had sex but instead of joking and laughing Reiko broke into tears, given that the director didn't give any p explaining of Reiko's past prior to this scene this is simply unforgivable.
I'll give you one example: In the novel, Reiko and Toru decided to give a more happier, brighter funeral ceremony for Naoko to compensate the sad one with her family, they sang, laugh then had sex, joking and laughing while doing it. It is different story in the movie. It seems that emotionless Toru and awkward Reiko decided to give Naoko even SADDER funeral, Reiko sang while Toru sat there with his mind in God knows where, they indeed had sex but instead of joking and laughing Reiko broke into tears, given that the director didn't give any p explaining of Reiko's past prior to this scene this is simply unforgivable.