Konya, Sekai kara kono Koi ga Kietemo

The story is wonderful and the direction does justice its beauty. While the story is thoroughly dramatic, neither the characters nor the dialogues let you disengage because of it. The portrayal balances out the story perfectly. A very neat showcase indeed!

All characters are well-written, each with their stories, thoughts and purpose.

With so much to portray, the pace of the movie is just right. It allows the viewer to feel each emotion in depth and very stealthily transitions to the next one. The movie starts with empathy for all 3 characters in different ways, goes on to boost serotonin (with hints of despair) and then breaks everything down towards the end.

The only shortcoming of the movie is the very last scene: It almost felt like they did not know how to end it after all that emotional high. The final impact seemed to be lacking. They took the safe route of using the name of the movie as the ending dialogue and it felt lazy at best.

All in all, a movie to watch with a tissue box!