It's Such a Beautiful Day
Cinemad Presents | Release Date: October 5, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
90
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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100
Village VoiceSimon AbramsMay 18, 2015
Warped keyhole-size images stack atop one another in a Frankenstein-ian collage that evokes the films of Terrence Malick, David Lynch, Stan Brakhage, and Bruce Conner. Seeing "the years [slip] out of [Bill's] head" in this 71-minute compendium is nothing short of revelatory. Read full review
100
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMay 18, 2015
Considering that he’s a stick figure, Bill, the main character in It’s Such a Beautiful Day, sure does have a complex internal life. And this animated film by Don Hertzfeldt does an amazing job of making you feel it, in all its sadness, terror and transcendence. Read full review
100
CineVueBen NicholsonMay 18, 2015
A highly original and utterly enthralling film that touches on staggeringly expansive themes - more typically expected in the work of master auteur and persistent award-winner Terrence Malick, than from animations. Read full review
90
VarietyPeter DebrugeMay 18, 2015
Had James Thurber worked in animation, the waggish result might look and sound a bit like It’s Such a Beautiful Day, indie cartoonist Don Hertzfeldt’s alternately poignant and absurdist triptych. Read full review
80
The GuardianMike McCahillMay 18, 2015
Funny, oddly affecting and cherishably personal. Read full review
80
Total FilmPaul BradshawMay 18, 2015
An existential flipbook and a heartbreaking black joke: stickmen have never looked so alive. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierMay 18, 2015
Despite all this macabre torment, It's Such a Beautiful Day involves a lot of sweet, plucky humor that represents a discreet softening of the angry sarcasm for which Hertzfeldt has become known. Read full review
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