Saturday, June 6, 2020

Movie Review: "Fireworks" 08/18/17 Japan

This is a movie review for "Fireworks", released August 18, 2017 in Japan. I watched this via Netflix on December 29, 2019.




Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
Run Time: 1 Hour and 30 Minutes

Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated

I could not find the rating for this movie on IMDB.com.



Trailer







Notable Cast

Suzu Hirose ... Oikawa Nazuna (voice)
Masaki Suda ... Shimada Norimichi (voice)
Mamoru Miyano ... Azumi Yûsuke (voice)
Shintarô Asanuma ... Jun'ichi (voice)
Toshiyuki Toyonaga ... Kazuhiro (voice)
Yûki Kaji ... Minoru (voice)




Plot

There's a fireworks display happening tonight and Nazuna wants to go see them with someone (maybe Yusuke or maybe Norimichi). She also wants to run away because she doesn't want to leave the area with her mother and her mother's boyfriend/new partner. Norimichi finds a way to reverse the day multiple times to change a choice and see how that plays out. Is there a way for him to help Nazuna run away and be happy together? How many different choices do they need to make to succeed? And, from the side, are fireworks flat or are they round....?



Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


4/5 - Interesting concept of time travel and how to fix mistakes during the day. The way the worlds distorted or were altered is intriguing too as it almost makes one want to wonder if Norimichi's wishes were messing the world up. The ending is open to the point of wondering what happened to Nazuma and Norimichi and if they were dating or did the day start over again or what. Good movie but needs more to it for a 5/5.

Those that aren't interested in time travel would not like this movie, I think, as that is the main focus of the movie.


That's my movie review. Thanks for reading! More reviews to come eventually.


~ Gracie Mae DeLunac

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