Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

femeverapova This movie have an original point of Wreck It Ralp 2.

marcvalenzuela With an abundance of films made by Studio Ghibli, Mamoru Hosoda really found something to call his own by stepping outside that famed studio and finding focus on a movie that plays on themes of cyber warfare and the value of family.Kenji Koiso is an average high school student with a skill in mathematics and a job with OZ, an online virtual reality world where many users browse and socialize with each other. But when he's given a "job" by his crush Natsuki Jinnouchi to travel to the country with her during the summer, he gets himself in over his head when he's framed online by a rogue AI called Love Machine.For an anime film, I found this to be enjoyable and cleverly crafted. The cyber realm setting does borrow off the elements (albeit even a similar scenario) of one segment from Digimon: The Movie, but Hosoda admitted that Digimon is a prototype to Summer Wars. Now Kenji clearly lacks social skills, but his extensive math knowledge is put to the test as he and the rest of the Jinnouchi clan come together to put an end to this AI. The characters feel relatable and the family values remind me so much of my own that it feels inviting and immersive just by getting to know several of Natsuki's extensive family members.Although the movie may start off slow, there are some moments throughout its two-hour run time that give off an emotional sense when it comes to either angst amongst family or even the intense fight scenes in cyberspace. Hosoda's previous work The Girl Who Leapt Through Time was pretty impressive, so his follow-up Summer Wars is another hit. Whether you're an avid anime fan or simply an average film-goer (and regardless of animation medium), its story is simple, yet complex in balancing the virtual world and reality. As for OZ itself, it's like a hybrid of Miyazaki's art style crossed with Nintendo's designs. Made me want to watch the movie again whenever I choose.

mll23 As someone who watches many movies, this movie had it's archetypes that are often used. The kid who becomes a man, saving the world, the popular girl and the less than outstanding guy.With all this in mind, I was pleasantly surprised by the this movie. The characters weren't exceptionally over built, nor artificial, the family dynamic was fun to watch, and the series of twists and turns that occurred as the movie progressed really were inspiring. This movie may have used common plots, but it did in a way that was both inviting, intriguing, and most of all enjoyable. If you have 100 minutes to sit down, and watch a movie of laughs, loss, and self growth, definitely give it a try

blackmamba99971 This was a good film about family. To see great examples of closeness, love, caring for one another in the face of a global threat makes this movie one of my better picks. A mixture of good FX, story of boundless ties to brother, and sister, mother to daughter, father to son. Girl friends, and boyfriends. It has it all with excellent music, a great story line about adversity in the face of a global threat. Plus the fact that seeing this family come together like in the ancient past of Japan families makes it all the more desirable.Emotions were there, despair, happiness, sadness, plus everything the human condition is now missing since the technological age has taken over in place of old world traditions. Summer wars has shown us, that in this day and age, even though some of the tech aspect was used to help the Ikezawa fight the good fight... it was all passion, which was bred into every member of the family that traced back over thirteen hundred years.This move wasn't about effects, it was about what was worth fighting for. What it meant to have a family, laughs, cries, shouts, arguments, everything we know of, and can relate to in such perilous times. Calling a movie bad because of its lack of mechanical devices or other forms of recognizable ingredients to other films is just rude. Nobody ever said this was going to win an Oscar, but as for the amiable accompaniment with the treasures of humanism, it gave me a lift from my downed spirits. Digimon is just for kids, nothing more. At least this was something the whole family could enjoy together.Besides, not everything in orbit is 100% foolproof. Even a fool can make a dangerous program, and with the pentagon, you could can bet that sometime in the future, some nobody will make sure to write one to alter our planet in one bad way or the other. We just have to come together in some way to stop them. It's as simple as that.