Suzume Review: Makoto Shinkai's Anime Fantasy is Bright, Noisy, and Shapeless

About a third of the way through pop-sensation anime auteur Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume (a third, at least, by my rough estimation––time is a flat circle in this shapeless, repetitive film) the breakneck progression of plot incidents slows down for a moment so two teen girls can have a conversation about love and dating. Shinkai doesn’t

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Eli Friedberg - The Film Stage

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Suzume: a cosmic anime adventure that sparkles with whimsy and woe (film review). - SFcrowsnest