One of the great masters of Japanese animation, Makoto Shinkai, is back in our darkrooms with a new feature film. Suzume takes us into the everyday life of a 17-year-old girl whose peaceful life is turned upside down when she meets a man who says he’s looking for a door…
The result of another collaboration between the famous Japanese director, studio CoMix Wave Films and the band RADWIMPS, this animated, very charming and poetic road movie, has it managed to capture the hearts of the French public?
Qualified as a “success”, “thrilling” or even a “masterpiece” and with an audience rating of 4.3/5 at the time of writing, Suzume is in line with Makoto’s other works. Shinkai.
If it is currently behind the very popular and acclaimed Your Name, which was released in 2016 and which averaged 4.5/5 from over 14,000 ratings, this new film is already ahead of Shinkai’s previous film, Les Enfants du Temps. (4.2/5). ).
However, we note that the director’s work has steadily improved in quality over time, from a score of 3.3/5 for his first short He and Her Cat in 1999 to a 3.8/5 for the lesser-known 5 Centimeters. A second in 2007 to end on a great Suzume note (still rising) in 2023.
Therefore, it is a profitable bet for Makoto Shinkai and a film that proves the full potential of Japanese animation in cinema in France. With the “brilliantness of its graphics”, its “extraordinary” storyline and its touch on the world, the public seems to be captivated and clamoring for more!
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*The note was posted on April 13 at 12:00.
Source: Allocine
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