Beautiful story

Rating: Null/10 (21 December 2016)

I really didn't know anything about this film's plot or premise. All I knew about it was how popular it had become and the praise bestowed upon it by many people I know. It's an incredibly ambitious film, merging stories to tell a great tale of love and time. I admit, it was definitely not always easy to follow in what it was doing. However, in the hands of a lesser director this could have been really messy and jumbled. Instead, the themes of the film were always clear and its heart was always shining through. The screenplay effectively develops its main characters and you become incredibly emotionally invested in them, in a surprisingly large way that I myself didn't expect. It's a great film and it's only another example of how 2016 has proved to be a great year for animation.