Fresh
The filmmakers can't keep the strands of their clumsy plot straight, but they create brilliant images and manipulate them with blithe abandon.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Summer Wars
Always protect your network.
2009 · 1h 54m · PG
Animation, Science Fiction
Directed by
Mamoru Hosoda
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Summer Wars
Overview
Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.
Director and cast
- Mamoru Hosoda Director
- Ryunosuke Kamiki as Kenji Koiso (voice)
- Hitomi Miyauchi as Natsuki Shinohara (voice)
- Mitsuki Tanimura as Kazuma Ikezawa (voice)
- Sumiko Fuji as Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)
- Ayumu Saito as Wabisuke Jinnouchi (voice)
- Takahiro Yokokawa as Takashi Sakuma (voice)
- Kiyomi Tanigawa as Yukiko Shinohara (voice)
- Mutsumi Sasaki as Kazuo Shinohara (voice)
- Mieko Nobusawa as Mariko Jinnouchi (voice)
- Takuya Kirimoto as Riichi Jinnouchi (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An enjoyably trippy Japanese animated feature from director Mamoru Hosoda, Summer Wars combines real-world drama (school crushes, testy relatives) with virtual-world dramatics.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
The relationship between Kenji and Natsuki unfolds as blandly as a Debra Messing rom-com.
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
Fresh
It's a sugar rush of candy-colored images, a beautifully drawn tale of family tradition and a bracing brain tonic about the Internet's charms and vulnerabilities.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
A sophisticated yet poignant family entertainment with an appeal beyond Japanese animation buffs.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
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