I have seen the cover for this 2000 Japanese mystery movie a couple of times since 2000, but I actually never gotten around to watching the movie before now, late in 2022. And honestly, I don't know why, especially since I've always found the cover for this movie to be interesting.

Writers Hiroshi Hatajima, Mugita Kinoshita, Atsushi Kuwahara and Toshiyuki Mizutani managed to deliver something odd here. Sure, "Isola: Tajuu Jinkaku Shôjo" (aka "Isola: Multiple Personality Girl"), was a watchable movie. But the storyline here is one where you really have to pay attention and be very focused. I have to admit that I really didn't fully understand the storyline told here, so the movie was only mildly entertaining for me. But still, I managed to sit through all 94 minutes of the movie.

The acting performances in the movie were good. I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble here, but they had some talented actors and actresses on the cast list, that's for sure.

Visually then this movie is not one that makes use of a whole lot of special effects. And honestly, the movie didn't really need to, because it did quite well with the simple approach.

As I now have seen "Isola: Tajuu Jinkaku Shôjo", I must admit that I am sitting here with a sensation of not having missed out on a grand cinematic moment in Japanese cinema history. Yeah, it was watchable, but the storyline just didn't latch unto me.

My rating of director Toshiyuki Mizutani's 2000 mystery lands on a four out of ten stars. This is not a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time though.