The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

So I watched this movie with high expectations from all the people who loved it. I'm going to say that I was severely disappointed and expected a lot more from it.

The story is about a 17-year-old high school girl who discovers her ability to leap through time. The movie basically follows how this affects her life, how she chooses to use her ability, and what happens when she makes some big mistakes.

I assumed that there would be some really interesting concepts with her ability to 'time leap'. I was mistaken, since half the movie is about how she jumped time to get better grades, redo a moment when she might have embarrassed herself, and making sure she gets the last pudding. While I was expecting at least a little frivolity (who wouldn't?) I didn't expect this to make-up the majority of the movie.

I was also disappointed with the ending. There were some twists to the plot that I felt came out of nowhere. I don't want to give anything away, but I will say that the ending was pretty predictable and wasn't explained very well. The entire ability to 'time leap' was completely shrugged off as something that young girls can do sometimes. I found that to be a very lame plot fail.

On the up side the animation in this movie was lovely. Most of the movements were very fluid, things you could see happening in reality. The voices were all done really well, too. My only complaint in that regard was that some scenes would run a little too long that it seemed awkward. For example -- There's a scene where Makoto (main girl) was running and was short of breath. The scene spanned for quite awhile and it became that her gasps seemed off, or fake. That could have been easily fixed if they cut that sequence down a bit. At least, that's what I think.

There wasn't anything overly-special about the characters. You could watch almost any high school based anime and find the same characters, so there wasn't anything that stood out too much in that regard. Same with the character development. It was there, but it was average and predictable.

I can't think of too much to say about the movie, to be honest. The whole thing was JUST average. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't wonderful either. If you like the slice of life, shojo genres then you would probably like this movie. Just don't expect anything ground-breaking.

In fact, I found myself getting bored at some parts. This is something I won't ever rewatch.

So overall I'd rate it a 6/10. It's okay, but it left a lot to be desired.