A little too much cringe than necessary but overall the story was worth watching. Although I have to say that this movie was highly overrated. Plot was definitely good but nothing extraordinary.

I was fortunate enough to see this tonight as a part of Fantastic Fest and I can only describe this as Mamoru Hosoda's masterpiece. I am so glad I was able to see it on the big screen because the music is absolutely stunning.. and my meager TV at home without surround sound never could replicate it. The characters are so lovingly created and the visuals are absolutely gorgeous.. I cannot recommend this enough. If you watch this without crying then it is you who is the beast! 10/10

Beautiful voice, music, art and the cinematic too. This is just beautiful art!

First of all, the music goes so hard. I instantly Shazamed the first two songs. Second, I kinda just jumped in so I was not expecting this to be a Beauty and the Beast retelling!

And I thought, predictably, that the Beast would be her childhood friend the entire time. On the one hand, I'm glad it didn't take that uninspired route, but on the other, man I really wanted them to end up together. But I enjoyed this so much.

A wonderful work, which is enjoyed and cried from the heart.
I confess that at first I felt that they were dealing with five different subplots that could easily have been two or three separate films, and that worried me because I felt that they were going to give it a rushed and forced ending. But it was not like that. I feel like every little situation they showed tied together to create the perfect ending. With Suzu, her family and her friends.
The scene with the children and their father, GOD, I think I gasped for a moment, how strong! I really liked it.

As much as I wanted to love this movie (and I would absolutely adore an art book, and the OST is amazing), it's a bunch of different plots mashed together and nothing is fully fleshed out.

By the end of the movie, you're left wondering if anything was really resolved and that's not a feeling I want to walk away with from an animated movie that seems to be aiming for a hopeful tone and acts like everything is better now. Amazing art, amazing singing, amazing songs, and could've probably done better as a musical. As it is, though, there were a lot of coincidences that push believability, a lot of plot points that weren't explored enough, a lot of major details that were never explained, and an open ending that doesn't really say why all the characters act like everything got solved.

I wouldn't waste my time watching it again, but if you regularly watch movies, it wouldn't hurt to see this once for the art and music.

One of the most beautiful voices is in this movie :sob:

I don’t have too much to say about this movie, but I do think the other comments are being harsh. I have to say, the animation is stunning. It’s super cool how they mix both a 3D style for the game, and a 2D style for the real world. I really liked Suzu’s voice and voice acting, I also thought she was cool as a character. The plot isn’t anything that cool, but it’s enjoyable. At least it wasn’t confusing like other anime movies :joy: The music is cool. The scene where Suzu loses her mom was voice acted and animated very well. Overall, I thought it was pretty good and worth a watch if you’re bored. No complaints here!

[Sitges FF] Mamoru Hosoda continues making masterpieces after "Mirai" (2018), "The boy and the beast" (2015) and "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" (2006). This reformulation of "The beauty and the beast" is a gorgeous, moving and profound coming-of-age. The virtual world called U is hypnotic, as hypnotic is the false reality that it sells, and is juxtaposed with real life, the harshness of absence, but also of abuse.

This movie is a mess. It's a pretty mess, but still a mess. Far too many plotlines are completely dropped for an unrealistic one, and it never really explores or explains the virtual world it presents. There are tons of ideas, but they are all hindered by poor execution. Character motives don't make a lot of sense, the world seems empty despite there being over five billion people registered into the app, the laws of the app are broken and the writers don't seem to understand how apps work, and it all just kind of falls apart once you think about it too much.

I'd go into specifics but it isn't worth it. Even as someone who usually doesn't notice plotholes, this one is legitimately full of them, and to go over them all would take tons of time and effort this movie doesn't deserve.

It's just mediocre thanks to some awesome visuals, some creative ideas, and a nice enough soundtrack.

I feel like I watched two movies spliced together. One with beautiful moments, nice characters, animations, art, songs, and one with just ugly 3d, caricature characters, and pointless plot points. Things just happen, out of nowhere, just so there is something happening. And that makes me sad. All the good moments made me sad, sad to see how this could have been much better. It's still worth a watch for the good parts and the great soundtrack, but I hoped for more.

The plot did not really work very well. The intention were good, but the inspiration over the Beauty and the Beast a bit forced, as well as the ending which mimics a lot of similar animation movies, where the characters manage to solve a situation bigger than them. The art is however not bad, and the overall twists are not banal.