
A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.... (Full plot summary below)
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A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
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| The TelegraphRobbie CollinMirai bathes ordinary family life in a beautiful new light. |
| TheWrapCarlos AguilarBreathing rare emotional truth into on-screen depictions of small children and the parents who raise them, Hosoda’s unassumingly sumptuous Mirai is a hand-drawn miracle, rivaling Pixar and Ghibli’s efforts to devise family entertainment with a complex and humanistic edge. |
| Seattle TimesJeff ShannonThis is one of the most thoughtfully engaging anime features to reach these shores, and a perfect place to start for anyone, of any age, who's been resistant to anime (and manga) as a popular Japanese import. |
| The New York TimesBilge EbiriFluctuating between the minor daily occurrences of Kun’s life and his touching sojourns into the past and the future, Hosoda’s film privileges moments of emotion over belabored story mechanics. Thus, it gathers complexity without sacrificing any of its guileless modesty. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrWhat makes The Girl Who Leapt Through Time such an unexpected treat is the contemplative pace and painterly visuals. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteWhile the animation is only so-so, Mamoru is a good storyteller with a firm grasp on both the story and characters. |
| VarietyPeter DebrugeIt’s the work of a true auteur (in what feels like his most personal film yet) presented as innocuous family entertainment. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAn anime version of "Mr. Mom" this is not. Director Hosoda’s clear-eyed story allows for comic moments of fatherly ineptitude but focuses just as often on the marital and familial stress this sudden role reversal causes. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMaster Japanese animator Mamoru Hosoda makes family films, but not in the way you think. It’s not that his films are suitable for all ages, though they mostly are. And it’s not even that the family unit is central to his work, though it is. Rather it’s that Hosoda’s films stretch the boundaries of both style and content within the family film rubric. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversMirai casts a spell that works on children and adults alike, but in different ways. Its creator’s artistry and empathy are the connecting links. It may be the animator’s smallest film, but it stands tall. You’ll be enchanted. |