To me, this movie is perfection.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

part 1 : shows us a pretty nice connection between two kids growing up with each other and despite their increasing distance their love for each other never looses and at the end of the day they'll always find each other.part 2 : introduces this new girl who is madly in love with the boy but never confesses herself to him at that time . even tho he acknowledges her interests he couldn't find himself to move forward from his past (which was very nicely done hats off ) even if he wanted he is still attached to something part 3 : it just nothing i imagined i don't know what to say the movie is filled with beautiful scenes very very beautiful story was like all over the place some times i took few minutes to get things straight seriously hated the way everything ended i just not right. after all this is life nothing end the way we want it be very good movie highly recommend it

I do not like Shinkai's narrative style. There is some kind of idea of pureness and innocence, that you have to accept, when watching a Makoto Shinkai movie, that I am unable to swallow. His idealization of human interactions give me a feeling of detachment from actual reality and this does not seem to mix well with his choice to tell mostly slice of life stories. The lengthy internal monologues in a whispery voice do not help the cause either.Simultaneously however, I have come to accept Shinkai and his style as an unique example within the anime medium and while I am biased towards him, I do appreciate his existence as a creator. The biggest appeal to his work is in my opinion, him tackling stories, that others would shy away from or would not consider writing at all. This especially shone through in 5 Centimeters Per Second's first part, where Shinkai captured the anxiety of Takkai as he is on his way to meet Akari, while riding a train in a snowstorm. I have to admit, that this is the first of the 3 movies of his, that I watched, I found myself enjoying.Story (☆☆): 5 Centimeters Per Second is a relatively simple and short story thematizing love,relationships and longing. Shinkai does not go too much into depth with those concepts, but rather presents three characters, who desperately long for the love of another and the direction their relationships take. It's an easy idea, but aside from my personal bias with the creator, I do think it works pretty well.Art & Animation (☆☆☆): Art and animation have probably always been Makoto Shinkai's main asset. The film is beautiful to look at. What Shinkai movies excel at, are the well detailed backgrounds, that will burn images of white clouds, a dark blue sky and green grass into your memory, whether you like it or not. Admittingly with time passing some flaws did get more apparent; Being spoiled with the updated visuals of Shinkai's latest film "Your Name", you do at times notice the lack of some edges and details on some characters, but that alone is not enough to take away my perfect 3-star rating from it.Sound (☆☆): 5 Centimeters Per Second is sparing with its use of the soundtrack. Most of the time you are left to listen to sound effects, that capture the mood of the situations well. Only occasionally a piano will step in to add to the atmosphere. In what seems to be another signature of Shinkai the film ends with a Japanese pop song (spoiler, I guess).Characters (☆): Characters are always the weakest part of Shinkai movies in my opinion. This is due to the problem I mentioned in the introduction of my review. The characters are pure, innocent and used as mediums to present the basic idea of the movie. This could be due to the writers wanting them to be relatable to a larger amount of the audience, but you can also argue, that it is poor characterization. As far as the three leads are concerned, they are mostly just preoccupied being desperately in love with their crush with little more of a personality. We do see some of their interests and hobbies, but even then the activities are overshadowed by their sole purpose of being in love.Rating system:As seen above, I use a star system to rate the series/movie in terms of four categories, which can indicate its quality. Those ratings do affect the final score I give the series/movie, but I do not use a mathematical method to assign the score. Ultimately I weight the final ratings by considering the stars given. I do not consider the categories to be equivalent and value a good story and characters over good art or a catchy soundtrack. As far as the stars given go, I use a four stage scale: (-) - bad, a series/movie is terrible in this category (☆) - okay, it's fine, tolerable, but likely nothing special (☆☆) - good, it's good, but may have flaws or isn't quite among the best I've seen in the category (☆☆☆) - great, the best rating I can give, when it's truly remarkable in the categoryFinal score: 7/10

Expected a lot, turned out its just a story of real human persons with whole lot of disappointments..... yeah I know that's life. You are not getting any entertainment from it instead you might recall couple of your disappointments of your life while watching it. In the end the movie left you with nothing expect with sad empty feelings. There is nothing wrong with the movie. Maybe I am the wrong one by thinking movie is a great piece of art to entertain people.... After watching "Kimi no na wa.", I thought "5 cm/s" will also be a great masterpiece. But I was wrong. It left me with an emotional state which is hurtful & its killing me.

5 centimeter per secondThe director of 5 per second is Shinkai Makoto who is a famous animator in Japan. This animated film is a chain of short stories about first love during school days. it is based on the director's novel. The film contains many subtle metaphors therefore finding them is important appreciate point. Every setting of the film is based on the real place in Japan. Every place has it's own color and symbol which are linked to the story. According to the film, modern society is even cold hearted at love, so we miss our pure first love.The movie is set in the 1970's to the 1980's Japan where a timid boy whose name is Takaki, Mizuhashi Kenji play the voice of Takaki who is Main character. he meet a girl called Akari in elementary school. They are close to each other because of their similarity. But after they graduate elementary school, she moves away due to her parents' jobs. They keep in touch by mailing,although time makes their love fade. A few years later he is still missing her, though she is engaged to another man. Then one day, he sees her on the opposite side of the tracks which is a place that has memories for them. At that moment, they stop and begin to look back, but a train is going through the tracks. They have a hesitated expression on their face.This is a slow paced but well-made tale which is like a sad lyric poetry. This movie is divided in 3 parts. At first, Director writes each 3 stories about love then combined into one story, so story line is not smooth. Main character Takaki is common boy like us who didn't confess his love because of his shyness. This is not a melodramatic movie, while this movie has realistic plot and character, so it can deeply empathize with this movie. Movie title 5cm per second is speed of falling cherry blossom petals which metaphors for speed of drift apart between couple. it has gorgeous illustration which is visually a carnival to the eyes. You can feel "A picture paints a thousand words after all".This animated film is a splendid movie version of Franz Schubert's Winterreise. In a nutshell, If you want to experience about a forgotten first love under the fluttering down cherry blossom petals, I recommend this movie for you.