tomerkh

It happens to every one of us (for me at least twice a day), when we wonder into the "if I had..." imaginary world. In that world we can do... well everything, it consists of all the good and none of the bad.

This film actually revolves around that. When everyone consider it as a rom-com, I found something in a match deeper level: A glimpse to a world when I have this magical power, and how it affects me, and the people around me.

The movie provide experiences we can connect to (First love, first date, first child...) which helps sharing the emotional state of the characters, I could actually find myself in some of the characters, saying to myself: "yes... I would do the same thing". And that thing happens rarely.

Apart of the story, the cast was fantastic. Every time I find myself upset, saying the characters are all dormant, they are all the same, they have nothing that can actually differentiate them from other.

However in this story Each member of the family has his own view of life that dictated his / her behavior. I felt that they had their own mind, their own personality. (In other words, in conjecture to other movies where your can "cut and paste" dialog between characters and it will still work since none of them has personality. Here you won't be able to do so).

The only thing that bothered me a bit was the ending. And I do it with a lot of movies reviews. Just saying that they should cut the last scene, that it would have created a greater emotional experience. So again, it's not a bad ending, but I'd complete the movie after the scene of the 2 men at the beach....

Do you have it? That precious thing lost in the fabric of time. That relationship, that person, that experience that you wish you could return to?

So what would it take, what are you willing to pay, to go back and re live that moment?

I think this is the main idea the anime attempt to crack. I like this line of thinking since it is something that everyone, EVERYONE, can relate to (we all have those memories we wish we could be part of again). But, it was not the case, at least not for him. The protagonist does not try to relive an experience, He wants to flee from the present into the past, to that same experience he yearns.

Well, the hatred of the present actually blinded him of what he's going to loose, what he's giving up, and only when he payed the price he understand he should not have done at.

I find that a really good message, no matter how bad you think your life is, there is always a point of light out there you should try to hold on to.

The movie, I think, suggests a nice point of view on our life and the way we perceive it, It reminds me "About Time" but from a different angle.

Although some stuff in the movie felt forced and not genuine (Sometimes it felt that things happened because the story dictated that, and not through natural line of cause and effect) I still enjoyed watching it, and I'm sure that you will too.