Summer Wars

Summer Wars

2009
Comedy, Sci-fi
1h 54m
Kenji Koiso, an eleventh grade math genius, agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natuski. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of the family matriarch. His job is to pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with earth (imdb)
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Summer Wars

2009
Comedy, Sci-fi
1h 54m
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Rated 02 May 2010
90
87th
A gem. You should have a smile on your face the entire time. Hosoda's second film lives up to the first.
Rated 15 Mar 2010
78
65th
Excellent animation, but some of the story was a little silly, and forced. The virtual world scenes are interesting, though they didn't work for me on a technical level.
Rated 19 Dec 2009
35
16th
Take .hack//sign, add a lot of Pokemon fights and spice it up with a little bit of Ghibli and you've got yourself a Summer Wars. Not a kind of mix you'd wanna watch unless you're an elementary school kid.
Rated 26 Apr 2010
82
86th
A charming tale about family, the power of working together and kicking AI in the digital junk. The contrast between the rustic country home and the ever changing online world of OZ keeps the film fresh, but it might take a while before it starts drawing you in. Doesn't go too deep, but has a good sense of fun.
Rated 02 Mar 2011
92
93rd
A fantastic sci-fi film about the place where both the internet gaming community and family meet. Fantastic.
Rated 05 Mar 2011
65
64th
It's like "Digimon: The Movie" but not shitty.
Rated 10 Jun 2010
45
31st
The family account is fine, fictional cyber universe is a failing one. The movie not knowing where to focus, loses too much time on trivialities ending up mildly entertaining.
Rated 30 Dec 2009
85
88th
Likeable characters, an over-the-top story and great production values, combined in a movie that (thankfully) doesn't take itself too seriously. Why everybody sees the need to compare this to Ghibli is beyond me; it doesn't pretend to be anything but good, clean, whimsical fun, and in that regard, it's a success.
Rated 12 Feb 2011
55
26th
family story line works pretty good but the OZ stuff is just plain stupid.
Rated 07 Mar 2011
8
80th
Loads of interesting characters, inspired animation and an interesting subject matter that tied rather well with the family side of things. Enjoyed it quite a bit.
Rated 09 Mar 2010
83
81st
Nothing short of a visual triumph. The animation inside of OZ is completely breathtaking. The family is varied, entertaining and likable. Comparisons to Miyazaki are too soon - lacking is the emphatic/emotional, nuanced, and -challenging- moral, social and emotional issues posed even by Miyazaki's earlier work. As an enjoyable ride - Summer Wars is a smashing success. The commentary is there (digital vs real lives), but I found it heavy-handed and secondary to fairly run-of-the-mill devices.
Rated 14 Jun 2011
70
37th
A little bit slow and a little bit all over the place. The animation was great if not particularly amazing or memorable. The characters were all likeable and the ending was superb I though. The story as a whole was ok, but it felt like 2 different films mashed into 1 at the last minute. Not enough focus on the romantic side of the film, I'm a sucker for that kind of stuff, one of the reasons why I love the directors previous film, 'The girl who leapt through time'
Rated 26 Sep 2010
15
0th
Absurdly dumb to the point of poisoning every major non-technical aspect of itself (i.e. plot, character, world, theme, and even genre (due to its scattered plot focus, featuring characters with no rational sense of priority whatsoever)). Most people that have seen it like it, though, so you should ignore me unless you can't get past fundamental counter-intellectualism in a "serious enough" movie. If you thought Utawarerumono was dumb then you shouldn't watch this unless you want to laugh at it.
Rated 10 Jan 2011
79
42nd
Most anime try to depict a culture unlike their own, but this one is extremely true to Japanese culture (the importance of family and elders, reliance on mobile phones, obsession with high school baseball and much more) and is much more endearing because of it. It's a shame that the movie revolves so much around the ridiculous social network "Oz." The first half of the movie where that isn't much of an emphasis is fantastic, but once focus draws towards Oz the movie drops to far from believable
Rated 12 Jun 2011
70
17th
With 20 family members and an infinite online universe, the scope of this project is too ambitious and at times it's an incoherent mess. Even if the virtual world is visually creative, it hasn't much aesthetic value and flying around in 3D spaces isn't exactly original. Emotionally this film is still in kindergarten and that's the generation the overly cartoonish characters seem to be aimed at. Picks up towards the end but is also far too long. There have been far better cyber-thriller animes.
Rated 20 Jan 2011
87
84th
Lots of fun! Has definite flaws, but provides multiple interesting protagonists and does the "importance of family" thing in a way that ties into the plot without feeling forced. Very Japanese, but in a way that's accessible to everyone. (And is it just me, or does the OZ side of it feel like a remake of Digimon Adventure: Our War Game? By the same director, even.)
Rated 21 Nov 2009
60
21st
Nice animation, however, overall it felt way too childish. I'm going to need far more convincing that Hosoda is the new Miyazaki.
Rated 09 Sep 2011
77
78th
Perhaps it spreads itself a little thin conceptually, but the premise is still interesting and overall "Summer Wars" is very entertaining. The characters are really great, their relationships larger than life, but also grounded and the animation is absolutely supurb. Hosada is becoming an animator of real note. Recommended.
Rated 10 Aug 2014
4
34th
It's silly in a lot of ways, but it's not exactly simple, and seems to imply that the distraction of a life online has replaced the traditions of older social customs. Japan's fear of nuclear weaponry also surfaces towards the end. There's a lot to like here but ultimately it didn't jive with me. The world of "Oz" was too toyish and absurd for me to have any vested interest and the real world drama sorda bored me.
Rated 09 Apr 2010
73
61st
War Games 2009, via animu.
Rated 16 Feb 2012
84
87th
Charming charachters you grow to care about and with a great sense of humor. Peaked with great animation (look at the clods!) and action scenes.
Rated 22 Aug 2012
3
75th
Somewhat naiv, but hey..
Rated 22 Sep 2011
85
86th
Madhouse never fails on its visuals, and this is no exception (the individuality of the avatars, especially later in the movie, is impressive). Oz is colorful and creative, even if the territoy it's exploring has already been done by WarGames (among other titles), but the real draw is easily Natsuki's family, watching them is half of the fun.
Rated 25 Apr 2012
55
10th
Heil to you, Facebook!
Rated 02 Jan 2012
95
86th
Brilliant anime. With animation that is smooth and seamless, has a story that is captivating, and also a lot of cool moments that make you wish the land of OZ was real. Again, fun movie, worth it to pick it up if you see it at a store.
Rated 20 May 2012
64
52nd
A little too weird for my taste and feels like it misses something. The animation was great though
Rated 26 May 2010
98
88th
Visually beautiful, intelligent, emotional - good character development, important ingredients of story-telling mixed well to give a wonderful flavor. This is how films should be made. This is why people spend their time/money watching stuff. Entertaining and at the same time has an underlying socially relevant theme that makes us think. Simply great. Successfully portrays one of the baddest villains gleefully creating chaos (probably after Dark knight). The director surpasses his first film.
Rated 12 May 2013
50
25th
I was on-board. Anime that incorporates virtual reality? I'm there! The virtual reality sequences were pretty cool, but the rest didn't hold it up.
Rated 19 Feb 2017
90
97th
Wonderful art style, and intriguing idea. Has emotion and intelligence.
Rated 21 Feb 2010
40
19th
Neither transcends the realm of average (meaning pretty bland) animé nor appeals to a more adult age group, this couldn't hold my attention. Actually, it literally managed to put me asleep.
Rated 27 Aug 2016
60
26th
I appreciated and enjoyed the human side of the story, particularly the way in which humanity and family is honored above all, even if that doesn't mean technology is evil incarnate. On the other hand, while the virtual world looks interesting, I stopped caring about everyone and everything during those sequences, particularly as the film switched into action mode and began stringing showdowns together.
Rated 01 Apr 2014
80
60th
CMU! - 12/12/12
Rated 07 Aug 2012
90
50th
A brilliant anime. Entertaining and successfully expressing Japanese culture.
Rated 18 Feb 2012
88
85th
For a while it's a bit disjointed the virtual reality world is cool, and the family charming though both are a bit cheesy. But the two worlds come together extremely well and you find yourself much more invested then you realized you were.
Rated 15 Sep 2016
52
22nd
Why does no one bring up the fact this movie makes no sense? The characters are on the level of the great Mamoru Hosoda. The concept is not even close. By far his worst film. So disappointed by Summer Wars.
Rated 17 Oct 2015
80
75th
A highly enjoyable flick from anime master Mamoru Hosoda, featuring a large and colorful cast of characters in an imaginative universe and a compelling storyline that makes you not realize the movie you're watching is over two hours long. There are a couple of minor, but distracting logical holes in the story from time to time, but nothing too major as to completely overwhelm the overall grandeur of the production.
Rated 01 Jan 2014
80
80th
Like the digimon movie but better
Rated 21 Jun 2014
1
22nd
خیلی حوصله سر بر بود توصیه نمیکنم
Rated 11 Mar 2011
66
58th
Had potential but was too all over the place.
Rated 22 Jan 2018
70
56th
Hosoda extrapolating his gift for character studies to a massive cast is good stuff. The digital gaming world stuff is like okay we get it, your career started with Digimon movies.
Rated 07 Jun 2014
88
75th
As someone who grew up watching Digimon, it was a bit of a breath of fresh air to see this re-telling of one of the series' more famous storylines with a more...grown-up view. It feels like it was made for me.
Rated 26 Sep 2014
8
93rd
Other than the climax being a card game being kinda on the lame side (what is this, Yu-Gi-Oh?!), I had a really good time with it. It's like some weird combination of Only Yesterday and The Matrix, moving skillfully between surprisingly well-executed family/teen drama and high-stakes sci-fi action. The animation was also quite nice. I'm looking forward to checking out Hosoda's other movies now.
Rated 19 Jul 2018
65
39th
koi koi
Rated 13 Jul 2021
60
54th
The interweaving of multiple storylines is impressive as is the thought which is given to portraying a catastrophe that seems fantastical, but is much closer to reality than most realise. We remain oblivious to our entanglements with the digital as a pharmakon.
Rated 06 Aug 2021
80
70th
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