As irresistibly romantic as it is awe-inspiringly gorgeous, Weathering With You on the whole satisfies the craving for more of what “Your Name” ignited in viewers, yet with slightly less impact.
Weathering with You(天気の子)
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ Read critic reviews
Japan · 2019
Rated PG-13 · 1h 52m
Director Makoto Shinkai
Starring Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Tsubasa Honda, Sakura Kiryu
Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
An irresistibly romantic film about Hodaka, a high school boy who runs away from his isolated island home to the rain soaked streets of Tokyo without any money. Eventually, Hodaka meets a young woman named Hina who appears to have the power to stop the perpetual rain and clear the sky.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
Contemporary outrage could’ve potentially counterpointed the film’s increasingly mawkish tendencies.
An absolute must-see for anyone who loved 2016’s Your Name. Even if it isn’t as surprising and narratively powerful as that film, Weathering With You once again exemplifies Makoto Shinkai’s visionary prowess as an animator.
For a movie about the sky, “Weathering with You” is ironically one of Shinkai’s most grounded films — immediately more warm and engaging than “Your Name,” if not at all capable of delivering the same emotional payoff.
The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young
Adding it up, the film has the same charming characters and delightfully detailed pastel artwork of its predecessor, but in exchanging Your Name’s sci-fi component for a mythical-magical story, it loses a bit of quota.
The Film Stage by Jared Mobarak
The imagery of water fish swimming in the sky while Hina floats towards an uncharted “marine” habitat of clouds is stunning to behold and the humor earns some big laughs even if much of it centers around teenage horniness and sex-based assumptions. Beneath all that, though, is a resonant tale of empathy and romance.
Like Shinkai’s metaphysical body-switching fantasia Your Name, Weathering with You works on multiple levels: as eco-fable, social commentary, and teen romance.
Shinkai hasn’t gone far enough into fantasy to excuse the enormous holes in his script, though he does a nice job of distracting us with detail.
The Telegraph by Robbie Collin
Though Weathering With You tells a story of a makeshift family enduring uncertain times, its dominant emotion is amazement – at the power and persistence of first love, and the everyday wonders of the world in which it flourishes against the odds.
And while the story of the film lacks some of the sinuous inventiveness of its predecessor [Your Name], it shares the striking animation style, romantic sensibility and a similar poppy score.
Users who liked this film also liked
My Neighbor Totoro
(となりのトトロ)
Sisters and spirits come together in this magical tale.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1988
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi
- Genre Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
(雲のむこう、約束の場所)
Against all odds, a promise will be kept.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2004
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagiwara, Yuuka Nanri, Unsho Ishizuka, Kazuhiko Inoue, Risa Mizuno
- Genre Animation, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox
5 Centimeters per Second
(秒速5センチメートル)
Covering three stages of Takaki's life, from elementary school to adulthood, and the relationships with women that he navigates.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2007
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Risa Mizuno, Ayaka Onoue, Hiroshi Shimozaki
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox
Memories
(MEMORIES)
An anime trilogy of sci-fi and the supernatural.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1995
- Director Koji Morimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo, Tensai Okamura
- Cast Shigeru Chiba, Hisao Egawa
- Genre Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Wolf Children
(おおかみこどもの雨と雪)
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2012
- Director Mamoru Hosoda
- Cast Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki, Yukito Nishii, Momoka Ohno, Amon Kabe
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
The Garden of Words
(言の葉の庭)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2013
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Takeshi Maeda, Yuka Terasaki, Takanori Hoshino
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, HiDive
Your Name.
(君の名は。)
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Masami Nagasawa, Etsuko Ichihara, Ryou Narita, Aoi Yuki
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
A Silent Voice: The Movie
(映画 聲の形
)
A high-school boy seeks forgiveness from the deaf girl he bullied in elementary school.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director Naoko Yamada
- Cast Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yuki, Kensho Ono, Yuki Kaneko, Yui Ishikawa
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Napping Princess
(ひるね姫~知らないワタシの物語~)
Kokone has been having some strange dreams, and she's determined to get to the bottom of them.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2017
- Director Kenji Kamiyama
- Cast Mitsuki Takahata, Yosuke Eguchi, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Rie Kugimiya, Tomoya Maeno, Wataru Takagi
- Genre Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Fireworks
(打ち上げ花火、下から見るか?横から見るか?)
If only I could return to that moment.
- ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2017
- Director Akiyuki Simbo
- Cast Suzu Hirose, Masaki Suda, Mamoru Miyano, Shintaro Asanuma, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Yuki Kaji
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
(君の膵臓をたべたい)
This is a story about an unforgettable spring...
- Japan • 2018
- Director Shinichiro Ushijima
- Cast Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Jun Fukushima, Shin-ichiro Miki, Atsuko Tanaka, Yuma Uchida
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Gundala
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Indonesia • 2019
- Director Joko Anwar
- Cast Abimana Aryasatya, Tara Basro, Bront Palarae, Ario Bayu, Muzakki Ramdhan, Faris Fadjar Munggaran
- Genre Action, Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock, Hi-YAH, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
(Askeladden - I Soria Moria slott)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Norway • 2019
- Director Mikkel Brænne Sandemose
- Cast Vebjørn Enger, Eili Harboe, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Elias Holmen Sørensen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Thorbjørn Harr
- Genre Fantasy, Adventure
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Plex, Plex Channel
The Collini Case
(Der Fall Collini)
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
- Germany • 2019
- Director Marco Kreuzpaintner
- Cast Elyas M’Barek, Heiner Lauterbach, Alexandra Maria Lara, Franco Nero, Sandro Di Stefano
- Genre Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Available on Hoopla, Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
(青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2019
- Director Souichi Masui
- Cast Kaito Ishikawa, Asami Seto, Yurika Kubo, Nao Toyama, Atsumi Tanezaki, Maaya Uchida
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Romance, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
(ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 外伝 - 永遠と自動手記人形 -)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2019
- Director Haruka Fujita
- Cast Yui Ishikawa, Minako Kotobuki, Aoi Yuki, Koki Uchiyama, Takehito Koyasu, Aya Endo
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Animation
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
Her Blue Sky
(空の青さを知る人よ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2019
- Director Tatsuyuki Nagai
- Cast Ryo Yoshizawa, Riho Yoshioka, Shion Wakayama, Ken Matsudaira, Fukushi Ochiai, You Taichi
- Genre Animation, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Suzume
(すずめの戸締まり)
When a small town girl named Suzume discovers a supernatural door, she must team up with a boy named Souta to prevent ruin from befalling Japan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2022
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Nanoka Hara, Hokuto Matsumura, Eri Fukatsu, Shota Sometani, Sairi Ito, Kotone Hanase
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Netflix basic with Ads, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube