Millennium Actress

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Hargie M this cinematic masterpiece is a testament to the depth and sophistication that animation can achieve, proving that those who dismiss the medium as merely children's entertainment are missing out on something truly extraordinary. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/06/24 Full Review Kyle M An elegantly absorbing, comprehensibly surreal vision that depicts how an actor’s career seamlessly blends roles based on life’s trajectories as told in artistic transcendence, becoming a timeless animated classic albeit its flawed secondary purpose that may’ve served purposeful and humorous. (B+) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/26/24 Full Review Alec B The narrative is both sentimental and abstract while offering a pretty effective overview of Japanese film history. Its far better than a traditional biopic would be. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/02/24 Full Review Audience Member I loved this movie as a teen, so today I re-watched it for the first time. Didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped. If it was a book, I'd say there's nothing keeping you turning the pages. The story is slow-paced and very bare-bones. The only things I like about it are the beautiful art and the blurring lines between fiction/reality or between different identities. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review isla s This is an intriguing anime film. Its not so much a film aimed at young kids and I liked the plot concept of travelling through different times in a persons life, to see what they saw and witness events first hand. I thought the old fashioned, video game type music played at times was somehow endearing - it has quite a strong sense of nostalgia. It's not as great as Tokyo Godfathers (it features the same director) but its certainly worth a watch regardless if your into anime films and so I would recommend it, yes. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Taylor L Satoshi Kon brings his trademark blend of reality and fantasy to the premise of growth and memory, tracing the career and personal longing of an aging actress through a rich variety of settings and in particular reflecting on the relationships that audiences have with film. While Millennium Actress is a well-designed and creative film, interweaving the personal and professional experiences of a main character in a way that is both visually vibrant and narratively solid, it feels at time as if it casts too wide a net in its emotional range, hinging key moments on somewhat underdeveloped side character and introducing a range of potential themes only to let a couple feel unfinished. But at its core the film is still an emotionally charged take on emotional evolution, featuring a main character that has fixed upon a seemingly unreachable goal as her internal motivation before coming to terms with her own desires fueling the seemingly ill-fated search for a man she met decades ago, extracting the image of herself on the screen from her own aging self in the process. At a budget of only about $1.2m, it's a wonder that Kon was able to deliver not only visuals of this quality but an exceptional soundtrack to support it. I don't think it packs the whallop that Kon's other work does, but there's still plenty to recommend this work to even a casual viewer; the comic relief is used liberally and works surprisingly well. (3.5/5) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/22/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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