Completely Asinine
Ok, here's an example that not every form of Japanese entertainment is good. Granted, I loved "Ringu" and " Ju-on" and several other Japanese horror films, but this was just stupid. I imagine that some pretentious self-proclaimed "film experts" will come here and either say I'm just not intelligent enough to have understood the true meaning of the film, yet will not say what it was ( hmm..wonder why), or another possibility is that someone will give an explanation about three pages long that will contain information that can only be obtained through extensive research. Well, if you can't get the message to me IN the film, then you failed to make a good movie.
Uzumaki is creepy, has wonderful effects and a unique style, and that is to it's credit. However, these ideas alone don't justify this film being made. It is never explained WHY this curse is happening.
The entire film goes from ridiculous to creepy. And several characters are just not realistic at all, like the japanese teenage drama queen with the glasses, or Yamagutchi, that annoying prick who keeps jumping out at the main character.