Jun 19, 2020
A whisker's away's story is serviceable,but nothing more.The art is aesthetically pleasing to look at,the story and concept are decently executed on,(although the spiritual realm and cats elements really leave a lot to be desired in terms of originality)but you never feel like the movie is something that you would really remember once a good few months pass.
This movie has a clear beginning conflict,climax and resolution which isn´t anything bad necesarily,but it does make many of the story beats quite predictable,since the movie doesn´t really do much with them.I feel like Penguin highway was much more playful and unpredictable with its story beats in this
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regard.Let me once again emphasize that being safe isn´t a bad thing,but it doesn´t make something extraordinary either.
The progression of the relationship between the characters feel forced and unnatural,since when you take into account that the girl has been disguising herself as a cat this whole time,the fact that the boy accepted it so wholeheartedly without being absolutely weirded out really makes me question the whole nature of this relationship.It really does make the scenes of him touching the cat all over much more awkward,but that´s just me.
I feel like the beginning part of the movie did a really bad job of setting up Muge´s relationship with Hinode because of its one sided ness plus her obssessive actions towards coming off as extremely annoying.Dooesn´t matter that he fell in love with her later in the film because she´s been secretly supporting him from the background with the help of her disguise,it still doesn´t excuse the her constantly pushy behaviour.
There was potential for more interesting storylines to be explored,with other characters,such as the self doubt that Muge´s new stepmother has with herself,but that´s just me wanting the adult characters to be more fleshed put,which isn´t really the point of this movie,so I digress.
Despite all the bad things I´ve said about this movie,i don´t actually hate it or anything.I think this would perfectly as a family friendly film that you could show to anyone.But let´s say that I´m not really that impressed by these kind of movies because they are a dime a dozen.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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