this movie will floor you

Rating: Null/10 (15 March 2001)

I can't really add anything that hasn't already been said by the other users here. This film is remarkable. I was intrigued by the comments to the tune of 'best film i've seen and i'll never watch again' or 'amazing film, don't see it!'. But I can see their point, this film is more than just touching or upsetting, and I'm afraid I cannot articulate on what level it affects. But affect it does. Others felt that Schindlers List (who some have compared this to) was somehow more poignant because of the sheer number of lives destroyed in it. I felt that this simple story of survival said everything that could be said about War while avoiding the politics and propaganda so often associated with movies like this. That said, there are no movies like this. It is singularly beautiful and has some absolutely perfect moments. The animation of the little sister Setsuko is incredible. The English dub is also excellent. It's hard to analyse this movie in terms of it's component parts because the overall effect is so overwhelming. I'm prone to letting myself fall into a movie, but this film is something else. This should be a standard text, like the novel,Catcher in the Rye it's something everyone should experience at least once.