Weathering with You
Seen it?2019 | 112 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Saturday SpecialWhy it’s a Saturday Special
It earned strong reviews (93% on Rotten Tomatoes), audiences rate it highly (8.0 out of 10) and it made about 17 times its budget. A strong pick for the weekend.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics, fantasy fans and animation lovers. If you loved Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, start here.
- The mood
- Warm and romantic, feel-good.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 52 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
93% on Rotten Tomatoes, 72 on Metacritic
- AudiencesStrong
8.0 out of 10
- AwardsBelow par
3 wins and 3 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerStrong
$193 million worldwide on a $11 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 298K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Makoto Shinkai
- Kotaro DaigoHodaka Morishima (voice)
- Nana MoriHina Amano (voice)
- Tsubasa HondaNatsumi Suga (voice)
- Sakura KiryuNagisa Amano (voice)
- Sei HiraizumiYasui (voice)
- Chieko BaishoFumi Tachibana (voice)
- Shun OguriKeisuke Suga (voice)
- Yuki KajiTakai (voice)
- Sumi ShimamotoMamiya (voice)
- Moe KatsukiMoka Suga (voice)