Summer Wars
GKIDS | Release Date: December 29, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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80
Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasJan 6, 2011
Hosoda, who directed the cult film "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time," has made a sophisticated yet poignant family entertainment with an appeal beyond Japanese animation buffs. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJan 4, 2011
Running almost two hours, its increasingly convoluted narrative may be too difficult to follow for younger viewers. But its thematic ambition and dazzling visual style ultimately make it one of the more rewarding anime efforts to reach these shores. Read full review
80
Time OutNick SchagerDec 30, 2010
Summer Wars surprisingly celebrates togetherness and bravery as much as binary-mathematics expertise, all helped along by a kick-ass synthesis of traditional hand-drawn scenes and fluid, rainbow-explosive CG artistry. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJan 6, 2011
Summer Wars is a magnificently manufactured piece of film entertainment that goes beyond the obvious and manages to comment, often obliquely, on everything from Facebook to virtual war and/or terrorism without ever seeming heavy-handed or strident. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsJan 21, 2011
Summer Wars has engineered a truce between the familiar and the fantastical. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaJan 20, 2011
An enjoyably trippy Japanese animated feature. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrJan 6, 2011
In Summer Wars, it's what's old that's made to seem refreshingly new. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubDec 30, 2010
It's the kind of fun and quirky film that you don't see very often in art houses this time of year. Read full review
70
The New York TimesRachel SaltzDec 30, 2010
There's a lovely, unhurried quality to Mr. Hosoda's storytelling, which nicely matches the clean, classically composed images of his outer story. Read full review
50
Washington PostStephanie MerryJan 13, 2011
Considering it's anime, Summer Wars starts out more like a bad romantic comedy. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternJan 20, 2011
The filmmakers can't keep the strands of their clumsy plot straight, but they create brilliant images and manipulate them with blithe abandon. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNicolas RapoldDec 30, 2010
It's hard to appreciate things like the character detail amid the insufferably squealy voicing and arbitrary suspense. Read full review
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