Robert Joyner
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Neive Bellamy
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Billy Ollie
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
alex_tache97
It is a very rare and special moment when you finish watching a film and are left with a genuine feeling of gratefulness, for having just witnessed such a brilliant work of art. Through it's unmitigated sense of simplicity delivered by means of unassuming animation this film of just one hour length is capable of encompassing such vast wealth of emotion that I admit to being left completely in awe and admiration as the credits began to roll. This is a work full of meaning and purpose which I heart-fully recommend to just about anybody!
SquigglyCrunch
I really didn't know much about this movie, but I assumed it was a movie about a little animated man living life. I sort of had it, but it's the kind of life he's living that's important. It's Such a Beautiful Day really is quite a beautiful movie. The art is very well done, despite seeming to be rather simple, and really portrays the thought processes going through Bill's mind very well as the story progresses. It's really cool to look at and although may be difficult to get used to at first, quickly becomes very intriguing and lovable. The fact that the whole movie is narrated makes it all the more interesting. The dialogue is made from little sounds and occasionally a sentence or two heard in the background. I can't imagine it being done any other way, the narration fits so perfectly. The movie is, although dark at points, very funny. The sheer randomness yet odd sense the movie makes really adds to it. Overall, It's Such a Beautiful Day is a must watch. It's creative and interesting, and although it'll probably be the longest hour you'll ever watch, it certainly makes sure that that hour is interesting and well spent.
DonnyMovieMan
Existential spewing that has a lot of great ideas, but it's trying so hard to make you have a revelation that it doesn't realize how unoriginal some of its ideas are. We're just brains floating around. We don't live because we're afraid to die. There's hidden beauty in the world. All of these things are nice ideas but none of them are things I haven't thought of before. The movie wants to tackle everything in huge, broad strokes, and doesn't dig into any of these ideas enough to wow me. It's a little like a older teen who is telling a group of little kids some profound existential whatever he read on the internet about how people are specks and nothing matters and the 8 year olds are eating it up because it's profound. There's not really a ton of wisdom here. Other films like The Tree of Life and American Beauty tackle similar ideas, but they do them with much more detail and I can relate to them on not just vast levels, but personal ones. Sure this movie can be a personal experience for people, but is this movie ACTUALLY changing your life? It's kind of like a politician who rallies up crowds because they know exactly the problems in the country and what needs to be done, but doesn't actually say how they're going to do it. I don't believe life works with the broad strokes the movie paints it with. It approaches life with a birds eye view. Psychological problems or true love, for example, are hardly on this film's mind, yet they are more relevant to actual life, not this fantasized version of life where people are directionless pawns on a chessboard, slaves to mundanity. I liked this movie a lot because it's a good motivator for living life to its fullest and trying to appreciate beauty, but I don't think that it's actually THAT wise or enlightening, and it's not going to make me go outside and cry at a flower. I enjoyed it's animation style a lot and experimental nature and it blends many of its ideas together very well. Problem is, it talks big and lacks detail.
drlorentz
This film's pathetic attempt at philosophical depth produces a boring, almost unwatchable, result. The musings and observations of the main character, Bill, alternate between the trivial and the delusional.The film consists of a series of disjointed vignettes centered on Bill throughout his life, from his birth to his death. The characters are depicted as stick figures. Photographs and other images are interspersed among crude animation sequences. The narrator describes the action, such as it is, and attempts, unsuccessfully, to infuse the scenes with deep meaning.The stick figures are adequately drawn. Other than that, the production values are barely competent. The sound is uneven.As with many poor films, one hopes that it will be redeemed at the end. This hope is almost inevitably dashed. In that sense, this film does not disappoint.
