Weaker than other Japanese anime films

Rating: 6/10 (10 February 2018)

In this animated film, Mitsuha is a teenage girl living in a rural mountainous area of Japan. Taki is a teenage boy living in Tokyo. At various times, the two switch bodies.
The animation in this film is beautiful and there are clever moments in the film as well. When the story is comprehensible, it can be engaging. The trouble, as just implied, is that it is often difficult to understand. It's not always easy to know when each character is their real self or whether they are possessed by the other. To make matters even more difficult, the exchange is happening in different time lines three years apart.
I might have used the excuse that I'm not that familiar with Japanese Anime films but that won't work as I've probably seen at least a half-dozen of them. My favourite is "Only Yesterday" (1991) which happened to have no supernatural elements. Among those with magical content, I have great admiration for "Spirited Away" (2001) and "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988).
The two latter films had special universes that were bizarre but fascinating. Most importantly, they were always understandable and consistent - characteristics that are missing in "Your Name".