What U.S. Critics Are Saying About ‘Your Name’ Director Makoto Shinkai’s Latest, In Theaters Now

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/suzume-reviews-roundup-makoto-shinkai-227868.html

The film has already grossed more than $248.5 million globally from just seven markets, although among those seven are Japan, China, and South Korea, likely to be some of the largest contributors to the film’s final total.

The consensus is that Suzume is a phenomenal film, expertly animated, and with a story that will have audiences enthralled. The most common knock was that Suzume’s narrative could be a bit rudderless at times, resulting in a film that doesn’t know exactly what it wants to be. Those criticisms were rare, however, and nearly every review we saw still gave the film a favorable score by whatever metric they used.

[Four review summarizes]