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“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
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To Every You I've Loved Before
Animation · Romance · Science Fiction · 2022
While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the one from another world?
Movie details
To Every You I've Loved Before
2022 Animation · Romance · Science Fiction 1h 42m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the one from another world?
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over To Every You I've Loved Before?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe 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.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Jun Matsumoto
Written by
Riko Sakaguchi
Hio Miyazawa
Koyomi Takasaki (voice)
Ai Hashimoto
Kazune Takigawa (voice)
Kimiko Yo
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Maki Mizuno
Itoko Satou (voice)
Tokuma Nishioka
Koyomi Takasaki (old man) (voice)
Court is in session
Put To Every You I've Loved Before on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.