a nice story of a love triangle is being told in three related episodes narrated by three people involved. beautiful poem-like japanese dialogues and breathtaking animated landscapes.

I'm in love in this film. My second favorite anime right after Isao Takahata's "Only Yesterday".

I love the first story, the animation is so beautiful

This movie is very melancholic,calm and sad, with various intensity of the last one.This is also a romantic movie,at least in some sense.Unfortunately,at the end it turned the wrong path and became too naive, even for a person who really likes romantic things as me.You will hear three stories, which are linked to each other.They are telling things which we all know, however,this movie is destined to feel.This was wisely made by knowing heros' thoughts.The music is nice,the animation's stunning.

Great visuals but was not really on board with the idea of a 16 year old being in love with some girl he went to elementary school with very briefly.

Loses points for the ending, and the lame song. I really enjoyed the first couple of chapters.

So much emotion, gravity and power in these characters, their lives, and the twists and turns that shape their worlds. It's touching, tear-jerking, and beautiful in both animation and conveyance.

Beautiful animation, breathtaking vistas, average story.

beautiful movie, some good monologues, amazing animation. would have given it an even better rating if i didn't despise what japanese animation makes human beings look like.

Visually arresting with a few utterly poignant moments, but both plot and character construction are ultimately formulaic.

It could have done better without the ending. Upto that point the nature of the story was naive, with last 5 minutes the film became naive.

Woah. Watershed moment in anime ...in film. I haven't felt this evocation of time before--in any medium--not even haiku. The first chapter especially. Proust, in fact. More Proust than Haiku.

The vague characters of this short romance are nowhere near as entrancing as they think they are, and I really didn't appreciate the incongruous musical ending, which said and resolved precious little.

The film really grows as we attach the three chapters together, although separately they don't seem like a big deal at all. The video clip at the end is really uncalled-for.

It makes me uncomfortable. But the good kind of uncomfortable.

This film takes the same thematic concerns of Shinkai's earlier film The Voices of a Distant Star (even drawing narrative parallels between the two films in the second act) - young love's effect on someone as they age, separation by great distance from the one you love - but handles it all in a far more mature, and thus emotionally resonant, manner. It also helps that the animation is downright gorgeous.

Stunning visuals! Plot is very thin and more 'picture book'-style, but still kind of engaging. Thumps up for this one.

84.500

Sort of weeaboo, but still okay.

The animation is beyond gorgeous, and the look at being distanced from the one you love is very mature and resonant.

All the marks are really for the animation (which is totally amazing) & the one or two effective scenes where the characters aren't opening their irritating mouths in order to philosophically whisper at you about what a total losers they are! The annoying voices in the English dub are terrible. Somehow they emphasise what a bunch of sociopathic introverted idiots all the characters are? I wanted grab Takaki by the neck & tell the little idiot to man-up & grow a pair of fucking balls.

Some beautiful moments but overall a bit too slow in my mind.

Really pretty and it captures a mood of light angst and love perfectly. Unfortunately the same moody emotions that make it so successful are also what make it a bit repetitive and tiring to watch even though it's barely an hour long.

I like a good animation as the next person, but this movie never gave me the payoff. It starts with a soft promise, but drifts off at the end of each story. Leaving me wondering: that's it? I think of this movie as a mood piece, instead of an actual story line.

This is a really gloomy movie, maybe it's because I've felt the long distance pain. Beautiful animation and soulful characters. Some really great scenery. The song at the end, while the lyrics fit, kind of kill the mood a bit. Anti-ending, cruel but affective.

Good, but aimless. Beautiful animation.

The visual aspect of this animation is stunning. It takes the traditional anime look (which has basically been the same for 30 years) and opens a door into a new dimension of realism with its detail, lighting, depth-of-field effects and cinematic camera angles. It's a groundbreaking work of staggering beauty. Eye candy aside, the story is, well, different, which is not a bad thing in itself, although there are some dialogue pacing problems which make parts seem very dialogue heavy. Mixed bag.