Your Name. (Kimi No Na Wa.) (2017)
96%RT Audience Score: 94%
Awards & Nominations: Won 1 Oscar
95 wins & 259 nominations total
As beautifully animated as it is emotionally satisfying, Your Name adds another outstanding chapter to writer-director Makoto Shinkai’s filmography.
Your Name is like a warm hug from a long-lost friend, except that friend is a movie. The animation is so stunning, it’s like watching a painting come to life. And the story? Oh boy, get ready to feel all the feels. Makoto Shinkai really outdid himself with this one. It’s like he took all the best parts of his previous films and mashed them together into one masterpiece. If you’re looking for a movie that will make you laugh, cry, and everything in between, Your Name is the one for you.
Production Company(ies)
Frenesy Film Company, La Cinéfacture RT Features,
Distributor
Funimation
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Crema, Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for sexual content, nudity and some language
Year of Release
2018
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 46m
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Language(s):English, Italian, French, German, Hebrew
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Country of origin:Japan
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 7, 2017 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 31, 2018
Genre(s)
Fantasy/Romance
Keyword(s)
starring Michael Sinterniklaas, Stephanie Sheh, Laura Post, Glynis Ellis, Kyle Hebert, Cassandra Lee Morris, directed by Makoto Shinkai, written by Makoto Shinkai, Fantasy, Romance, Anime, PG rating, box office performance, budget, reviewed by James Berardinelli, Kristen Yoonsoo Kim, Keith Phipps, Emily St James, Bob Mondello, Matthew Lickona, Alix Turner, Princess Weekes, James Croot, CJ Sheu, Steven Prokopy, Noritaka Kawaguchi, Genki Kawamura, Funimation, Dolby Digital, body-swap, teenage, quest, meet, magically, swap, bodies, smoking, brief language, suggestive content, thematic elements, Japanese, Taki Tachibana, Mitsuha Miyamizu, Miki Okudera, Hitoha Miyamizu, Katsuhiko Teshigawara, Sayaka Natori
Worldwide gross: $41,888,660
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $49,293,476
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,340
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 5,375,515
US/Canada gross: $18,095,701
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $21,294,546
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,390
US/Canada opening weekend: $412,932
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $485,928
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,413
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): 4000000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $4,707,095
Production budget ranking: 1,920
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $2,534,771
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $42,051,610
ROI to date (est.): 581%
ROI ranking: 220
Stephanie Sheh – Mitsuha Miyamizu – Voice
Laura Post – Miki Okudera – Voice
Glynis Ellis – Hitoha Miyamizu – Voice
Kyle Hebert – Katsuhiko Teshigawara – Voice
Cassandra Lee Morris – Sayaka Natori – Voice
Director(s)
Makoto Shinkai
Writer(s)
Makoto Shinkai
Producer(s)
Noritaka Kawaguchi, Genki Kawamura
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
95 wins & 259 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (116) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (114) | Rotten (2)
Plot hiccups aside, it’s a visually impressive experience with endearing characters and a unique story.
October 2, 2018 | Rating: 3/4
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
TOP CRITIC
Beautifully animated (we’re talking Studio Ghibli standards here), Your Name captures that sensation of waking up from a dream you wish lasted longer, or misplacing a name that’s still warm on your tongue, but has just departed.
May 1, 2017
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Brooklyn Magazine
TOP CRITIC
By the time Your Name reaches its moving finale, the Next Big Thing tag doesn’t seem quite enough for Shinkai. He’s arrived already.
April 11, 2017
Keith Phipps
Uproxx
TOP CRITIC
By the time Your Name reaches its final half-hour or so, the film has moved so far beyond its initial premise that if you think back to the beginning, you’ll be astonished by how far it’s come.
April 10, 2017 | Rating: 5/5
Emily St. James
Vox
TOP CRITIC
It’s both gorgeous enough and emotionally engaging enough to be worth seeking out.
April 7, 2017 | Rating: 9/10
Bob Mondello
NPR
TOP CRITIC
Throughout, there is the nagging sense that the whole thing will unravel if any one thread gets tugged too hard, but when both the heart and the sky are on fire, why lean in and go squinting at flaws?
April 7, 2017 | Rating: 2/5
Matthew Lickona
San Diego Reader
TOP CRITIC
Japanese animated fantasy; humorous, romantic, captivating and utterly beautiful.
January 29, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
Alix Turner
Ready Steady Cut
Your Name is a beautiful movie, and if you haven’t yet checked it out and want a movie about love with a lot of humor and fantastical elements, I would highly recommend it.
November 17, 2020
Princess Weekes
The Mary Sue
Impressive cinematic touches, from time-lapse sequences to stunning match shots, with the crisp and nuanced animation adding to the compelling nature of the story.
November 3, 2020 | Rating: 4.5/5
James Croot
Stuff.co.nz
So come for the first act, stay for the dynamic camera.
June 30, 2020
CJ Sheu
Critics at Large
To say this film involves bending time doesn’t even really begin to describe it, but it all makes sense in this universe, and it’s a bold and beautiful wonder to behold.
May 5, 2020
Steven Prokopy
Third Coast Review
Your Name is a genuine delight of a movie, an emotional adventure that crosses multiple genres. Shinaki seamlessly blends romance with science fiction to incredible effect.
January 27, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Charlotte Harrison
VultureHound…
Plot
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, the new film by Luca Guadagnino, is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman. It’s the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17-year-old young man, spends his days in his family’s 17th-century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel). Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella (Amira Casar), a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows with natural delights. While Elio’s sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart. One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old American college graduate student working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio’s father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast includes Michael Sinterniklaas, Stephanie Sheh, Laura Post, Glynis Ellis, Kyle Hebert, and Cassandra Lee Morris.
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