An unflinching depiction of the cruelty children inflict on each other.

| Oct 19, 2017

It has some interesting visuals, but A Silent Voice demands investment in the redemption of someone who's impossible to root for.

| Oct 18, 2017

A Silent Voice is oddly tranquil, lacking in the emotional force that is its supposed reason for being.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 12, 2017

This simple story is complicated by an excess of characters and a hefty running time of well over two hours, but director Naoko Yamada's treatment is sensitive and the animation is beautiful.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 7, 2017

The premise of A Silent Voice may seem modest. But its approach leads an old story down a little-trod, languidly beautiful path.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 20, 2017

I was particularly struck by the evocative framing - the camera avoids eye contact, focusing, like a shy adolescent, on bruised knees and scuffed shoes.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 19, 2017

It's a beguiling film: subtle, sensuous and delicate.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 16, 2017

Creative, chaotic, often confusing, but overflowing with feeling.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 15, 2017