5 Centimetres Per Second (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #33 extract: 5 Centimetres Per Second (2007)



5 Centimetres per Second is a beautiful work of animation, one structured around tension and imbued with a deep sense of romanticism. Thematically, through its 3 episodes, this briefly explores the fleeting nature of life, the brevity of beauty and the distancing force of fate. 
Unfortunately, I didn't connect with 5 Centimetres per Second. I may have just been in the wrong mood going in, but I wasn't pulled into the tone of the narrative at all. So, whilst some moments of characterisation spoke to me, this felt very inconsequential and nostalgic for nostalgia's sake. In recognising the aesthetic wonders that this holds, I can't say that this is a bad movie. It does, however, lack something to grip and sink your teeth into.

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