I was so stirred by the conceit of these pending disasters all emanating from gates that developed on sights that were once joyful places where people congregated.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 26, 2023

It all makes for a fine adolescent adventure: travel, rebellion, unattainable love, a search, a chase, a deadline, and a little bit of growing up. And happily, the film understands that some problems don’t get resolved without real sacrifice.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 27, 2023

Makoto Shinkai’s latest anime is another visually stunning crowdpleaser.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2023

Shinkai Makoto’s supernatural fantasy is a whirlwind of tentacled monsters, interdimensional portals and talking chairs, but the film is at its strongest when grounded in everyday life.

| Apr 25, 2023

A moving tale of healing and hope...

| Apr 21, 2023

Its real love story is with the stuff of everyday life, making it almost unbearably inviting and worth fighting for.

| Apr 14, 2023

Suzume is Shinkai’s biggest and possibly most complex movie, and parts of it feel more personal due to the invocation of real history.

| Original Score: B | Apr 14, 2023

Sometimes a little too worthy for its own good, the film nonetheless has boundless ambition and the courage to place weighty issues at the heart of a kids’ film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 14, 2023

It’s an optimistic tale at heart, in which neither Suzume’s own childhood experience of grief... is beyond the reach of healing.

| Apr 14, 2023

Yet another dazzling and delightful animation from Japanese director Makoto Shinkai.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 14, 2023

Soaring in scope and cute as a kitten.

| Apr 14, 2023

Suzume is perhaps Shinkai’s most spookily beautiful work to date, while remaining treasurably odd.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 14, 2023

Where Shinkai remains peerless is in taking those big, magical, melodramatic swings and landing them with a gentle, compassionate touch.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 13, 2023

A fascinating, frustrating film.

| Apr 13, 2023

“Suzume” isn’t quite the masterpiece that is “Your Name” but I wouldn’t blame anyone for falling in love with it.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 13, 2023

It’s intricate and interlocking and requires activation of all your senses, but it’s also a sensitive portrayal of coming back from adversity and moving forward while still acknowledging a horrible loss.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 12, 2023

Visually striking and emotionally poignant, Suzume manages to combine hilarity and heartache, in its heightened, therapeutic, if slightly unwieldy, narrative.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 12, 2023

The film is consistently delightful, offering up an unrelenting supply of shimmering, sun-dappled visuals and a sweet, strange story about a young girl making peace with her past.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 9, 2023

Suzume is hardly a film for all tastes, but is certain to thrill anime buffs across all ages and continents.

| Feb 24, 2023

Come for Shinkai’s skies, stay for the feels.

| Feb 24, 2023