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Fireworks

Fireworks

Animation · Romance · Fantasy · 2017

Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.

Movie details

Fireworks

“If only I could return to that moment.”

2017 Animation · Romance · Fantasy 1h 30m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Fireworks?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Nobuyuki Takeuchi · Akiyuki Shinbo

Written by

Hitoshi One

Suzu Hirose

Suzu Hirose

Nazuna Oikawa (voice)

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Norimichi Shimada (voice)

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Yūsuke Azumi (voice)

Shintaro Asanuma

Shintaro Asanuma

Jun'ichi (voice)

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Kazuhiro (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Yuki Kaji

Minoru (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Nazuna's Mother's Fiancé (voice)

Court is in session

Put Fireworks on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.