Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

TheMovieAndAnimeLover480 In This Corner of the World Director:Sunao Katabuchi Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including war-related images"In This Corner of the World" is the story of a eighteen year old girl named Suzu and her life and struggles during WWII and is set in the backdrop of Hiroshima. The story and setting itself is very depressing and yet it manages to be heartwarming at times. The film really fleshes the life and struggles of Suzu and makes you feel for her, and even cry at times of shock. The animation for this film has an almost watercolor painting-esque style and is really refreshing to look at, Having said this, the film does have flaws. For example, it's run-time of 130 minutes, at times it can feel really slow and sometimes boring and some scenes felt dragged on. However, things pick up in the second half of the film. Certain scenes that stood out were definitely the bombings, the scenes tend to have ominous and silent music and when the bombs drop, it explodes (no pun intended) with loud blasting sound effects, and it's really shocking. OVERALL, "In This Corner of the World" is an entertaining life study of a struggling girl with great animation, heartbreaking moments and some unforgettable scenes that stay in your head. Score:7/10

bettycjung 4/2/18. Though it's animated movie, it is a serious look at the Japanese survivors of Hiroshima. Experience what it's like to survive nuclear bomb.

bxd109 Now as there are many japanese or non-japanese movies about the world war two, most of them are focused on the affected areas by the bombs. But this one was wasn't entirely focused on that. This movie talks about the story of a woman (Suzu) from Hiroshima, who gets married and then moves away. The story follows her as she lives her daily life in a corner of this world that is full of war and despair and how the things get worse day by day. It talks about the struggle that these people have to go through, and all the pain they are to endure. After watching this movie now i can say that i might understand a little bit more the feelings of the people and what they had to go through at that time. Of course, we can never know how much it hurt to live like that, but we could at least imagine. Imagine not being able to hold the hand of someone whom you love, imagine not being able to hear the one you love or see them again, or not being able to hug them even though you want to. After losing someone important to her and also losing her hand she had to go through much pain, she couldn't draw any longer and what for? Humans. Yes, because of some "humans" she had to let go of many things, and this is only one person, now imagine millions of people, each one of them losing at least one thing that cannot be compensated. That's harsh. And also unacceptable. This movie made me realize again how filthy we humans are. The most affectionate moment in the entire movie for me was when that little girl who lost her mother got happy when she saw Suzu, imagine that little child who had to go through something like that, it's not fair. But we can also see that Suzu losing her hand wasn't entirely meaningless. Sometimes some things happen that we might never know the good in them. And this was kind of one of those things. The little girl might have never approached Suzu if she hadn't lost her arm and reminded her of her mother and she would probably die out there. But she got saved and it was like god has sent them back the little girl that they had lost. It was a very good movie in general and that art was also nice and I really loved it, i also don't mind watching it again.

turregano This is my first anime film and I am glad I chose it. It combined a good (if meandering at times) story, excellent animation, unique art, and appropriate history together to produce a wonderful (if long) film. The characters do not take advantage of the medium except in dream sequences or when something untoward occurs. This keeping the film in reality is one of its strengths. Another strength is what I feel to be the accurate portrayal of Japanese citizens during the war. I have read a great deal and feel this might actually be a very good teaching tool about the hardships and loyalty born by the Japanese people during WW2. And, finally, with my limited knowledge of Japanese culture, I thought this offered a valuable insight into how the culture works and what is important to the people. For all these reasons, plus the beautiful animation and art in the film, I am glad this was my first experience with anime.