Fireworks
GKIDS | Release Date: July 3, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
6
Negative:
3
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75
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiJul 4, 2018
Fireworks takes you on that little journey. It may affect you deeply, or it may just come and go, a fizzling sentimental aside in an otherwise hectic day. But it’s hard to deny that it approaches its fantastical story with maturity and grace, and a thoughtfulness about what it would truly mean to leap into a “what if” and seriously consider never coming out again. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 3, 2018
It’s confusing and disorientating but brings back dreamy teen angst like the strongest of madeleines. Read full review
50
Screen DailyLee MarshallJul 3, 2018
There are more engaging fireworks, or at least small sparks, when the film begins to dig into the feelings, friendships and jealousies of its two main protagonists. Read full review
45
Film Journal InternationalStephen Whitty Jul 5, 2018
Despite its novel plot, and some lovely music and incidental artwork—the title fireworks, the rugged seaside and that glittery magic ball are all beautifully rendered—the film quickly drags. Read full review
40
Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyJul 5, 2018
Where Your Name’s star-crossed protagonists were fully formed characters who held equal weight in the narrative, Fireworks is very much told from the male point of view, and Nazuna seldom rises above “free-spirited object of desire.” Read full review
40
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJul 3, 2018
The unrealized potential makes the rote line style and stagnant backdrops seem all the blander. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangJul 3, 2018
For all its temporal twists and lyrical, sometimes remarkably photorealistic backdrops, Shinbo’s movie has none of “Your Name’s” narrative intricacy or stunning visual richness, much less its radical cross-gender empathy. These Fireworks look depressingly flat from any angle. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJul 6, 2018
A strange little movie that attempts the tricky feat of combining comedy, drama, sci-fi and romance, but it doesn’t get those individual elements right so it never coheres as a whole. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDerek SmithJun 28, 2018
Akiyuki Shinbo and Nobuyuki Takeuchi's time-travel device mostly just exists to complicate what is, at heart, a trite and sexist love story. Read full review
33
The Film StageJared MobarakJul 23, 2018
What should be tender and whimsical feels repetitive and off-putting. Read full review
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