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Fireworks
打ち上げ花火、下から見るか？横から見るか？
2017 90 min Japan PG-13 12+
★5.7
Animation, Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbô, Nobuyuki Takeuchi
🎭 Based on
«Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?»
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Description
Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.
US Gross:
$525,280
Worldwide:
$26.62M
Starring
Suzu Hirose
Actor
Masaki Suda
Actor
Mamoru Miyano
Actor
Awards
3 nominations total
Key opinion
This 2017 adaptation of the classic Iwai drama is widely criticized for its disjointed narrative and jarring visual presentation. While some viewers find elements of emotional resonance, the majority find the film's attempt to blend time-travel mechanics with teen romance to be messy and incoherent.
| Production | The animation is frequently criticized for its garish, cheap, and inconsistent aesthetic that often fails to impress. | |
| Screenplay | The plot suffers from incoherent structure and unresolved narrative threads that prevent the story from feeling cohesive. | |
| Originality | The film attempts a genre-blending approach between romance, fantasy, and drama, but viewers disagree on whether this creates depth or merely results in a confusing, unbelievable premise. | |
| Emotion | Opinions are divided on the emotional core; some find the story of teen longing and regret resonant, while others dismiss the romance as shallow and failing to deliver on its premise. |