Summer Wars
Hosoda and his team --- have produced scenes of animated spectacle that, in their dazzling fluency of motion and untethered brilliance of invention, makes the usual SF/fantasy anime look childish and dull. At the same time, the film's universe is thoroughly grounded in reality, with all its fantasy confined to the online sphere.
Besides being a family-friendly entertainment, Summer Wars is an incisive commentary on the ongoing transition from the grandmother's analog world of handwritten cards and letters to her heirs realm of digital devices, in which the human touch is attenuated — or nonexistent. Will we succumb to our gadgets and machines? The film's "wars" are no fiction — and our victory is not yet certain.
Mark Schilling, The Japan Times
Original name: Sama Wozu
Duration: 114 min
Dialogue: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Age limit: K11
