Mitsuha wakes to find herself crying

Your Name (Kimi no na wa)

Written and directed by Makoto Shinkai (5 Centimetres Per Second)

Voice acting by Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi

Review by Jordan

“Once in a while when I wake up. I find myself crying.”

If movie magic is the transformative ability to create a world other than this one, filled with life and beauty to capture the imagination in ways only dreams could create, then Your Name is the most magical movie of all time.

Emotionally satisfying, as it surveys the landscape of love and longing by way of teen romance, comedy and celestial drama before scaling the heights of fate, Makoto Shinkai’s latest film uses its delicately drawn characters to introduce us to strangers who switch places in their sleep, setting rules for what they’re able to do and keeping a diary of the day they’ve steered.

Mitsuha lives with her younger sister…