Emotional, thoroughly wonderful drama about loss, grief and friendship, and how we deal with those issues in various ways.
This is a very intelligent film about just that; the robot, "Hinokio", beautifully serves as a metaphor for the inability of human interaction that the boy "Satoru" experiences after the death of his mother. His only means of communication with the outside world is "Hinokio", and together they ultimately break the silence between "Satoru" and the world outside.
The acting is top-class, and the robotic effects simply awesome (some of the best CGI ever put on screen). A unique movie experience.
This is a very intelligent film about just that; the robot, "Hinokio", beautifully serves as a metaphor for the inability of human interaction that the boy "Satoru" experiences after the death of his mother. His only means of communication with the outside world is "Hinokio", and together they ultimately break the silence between "Satoru" and the world outside.
The acting is top-class, and the robotic effects simply awesome (some of the best CGI ever put on screen). A unique movie experience.