This film starts really slow, and to be honest the 2 main actors didn't act really naturally. I don't know why the actress got the "Rookie of the year" price in 2015 though. And all this group of friends didn't show their chemistry of friendship or something like that. Besides the others 4 supporting actors were really faint. ---------- But in the opposite, there're some great shots (it got edited a little bit too much though, still great) and some emotional scenes. With this plot, i think the director could do better. ---------- In the end, 6/10 points for me because i am a fan of coming of age films ( moreover i am fan of Erina Mano, that plays a huge part too :D ). Recommend for who has really much time and got deep into those coming of age films like me, and if you're not? Get some other great movies and skip this one! --------- Sorry for my bad English and this is my first review both in my mother tongue and in English.
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Beautiful and Heartwarming
abhijithpuliyath6 September 2021
This movie is very well directed, although the script lacks clarity in some areas. The actors did their job very well.
It shows the importance of having good and honest friends.
Overall, It is a beautiful, heartwarming movie.
It shows the importance of having good and honest friends.
Overall, It is a beautiful, heartwarming movie.
Fairly mediocre
mister_bateman17 August 2020
The story is kind of lame. The girl gets a letter from her future self with a list of things she regrets and she tries to do them differently. There is a lot you could do with that premise, but there could have been a little bit more creativity here. At its core it's a typical school romance, nothing you haven't seen before. Except for the main guy, the characters are a little bit uninteresting too because they lack depth and I didn't feel that much of a chemistry between him and the girl. The whole thing gets a little better in the second half though.
It's not bad and it does have its nice moments, but ultimately I would just call it "okay".
It's not bad and it does have its nice moments, but ultimately I would just call it "okay".
Pretty Decent-Friendship Story
yolo-0355822 April 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Rather than thoroughly review this title, I would like to comment a few things on characters and plot involved.
First of all, the thing that baffled me is an unrealistic friendship and love involved between these characters. A quiet Kakeru, a new student transferred to the school, and suddenly being liked by a group of students. Naho, another quiet but gentle girl for some reason, fallen in love with Kakeru, and keep trying to approach him in real non-parallel story line. As the story goes on, everyone are keep supporting Kakeru until he died of an 'accident'. And 10 years in future, Naho, married to Suwa, but yet kept loving Kakeru. Suwa, for weird reason, kept supporting Naho's love for Kakeru. Why Kakeru was so important in their lives is not explained in the movie.
This kind of deep friendship and love are rather unrealistic in real world. What kind of husband would let his wife loving another man, after all these years.
The real question, is, what is so special and unique about Kakeru, that his mother's suicide for him, Naho's love for him, and all other friends shed sweat and tears for him.
In conclusion, Kakeru is a special boy.
First of all, the thing that baffled me is an unrealistic friendship and love involved between these characters. A quiet Kakeru, a new student transferred to the school, and suddenly being liked by a group of students. Naho, another quiet but gentle girl for some reason, fallen in love with Kakeru, and keep trying to approach him in real non-parallel story line. As the story goes on, everyone are keep supporting Kakeru until he died of an 'accident'. And 10 years in future, Naho, married to Suwa, but yet kept loving Kakeru. Suwa, for weird reason, kept supporting Naho's love for Kakeru. Why Kakeru was so important in their lives is not explained in the movie.
This kind of deep friendship and love are rather unrealistic in real world. What kind of husband would let his wife loving another man, after all these years.
The real question, is, what is so special and unique about Kakeru, that his mother's suicide for him, Naho's love for him, and all other friends shed sweat and tears for him.
In conclusion, Kakeru is a special boy.
Best of the best.
fernandeztrishiaclarisse22 June 2021
It's my first time writing a review here, it's currently 3 am and im crying my eyes out. I watched the anime series and anime movie before and i can say that the characters portrayed the role so well and the story didn't change at all which is great! I'm so glad i watched the live action even though it's painful. I liked Kento Yamazaki's acting here again and he looks really handsome! Also the one acting as Suwa, all of them are great! Pls watch this you would not regret it!!!
Better than the anime
kevioukk-243525 April 2022
I haven't read the manga, but tried to watch the anime, and I just couldn't. This neverending drama gave me an overdose of exagerated sentimentalism, and most characters were annoying as hell, especially Naho. The only thing I liked about the anime was the opening.
Fortunately, and this is rare enough to underline it, the live-action movie shines where the anime failed. What first strikes is the music. Despite the redundancy of the main theme and its variation during the whole movie, I thought that the soundtrack was beautiful and almost moved me to tears.
Secondly, I was highly surprised by the acting. I'm just blaming the writers who wanted to stick to the manga/anime characters a bit too much, which turns some emotional moments to almost auto-parody. But let's say that it just brings a smile in the middle of tears, for a final heartwarming sensation.
Some reviewers blame the scenes from the anime/manga that were missing in the movie. Well, the movie is 140min - long already, and I think it gets the true essence of the story. Actually, I think it's even better not to make it last too long, as the anime quickly got from "cute" to "unbearable" because of unnecessary lenghts. Plus, this is a teen drama, some concessions need to be done.
Visually, "Orange" impresses sometimes. Maybe too saturated at the end, with visible special effects, but overall they did a great job.
Fortunately, and this is rare enough to underline it, the live-action movie shines where the anime failed. What first strikes is the music. Despite the redundancy of the main theme and its variation during the whole movie, I thought that the soundtrack was beautiful and almost moved me to tears.
Secondly, I was highly surprised by the acting. I'm just blaming the writers who wanted to stick to the manga/anime characters a bit too much, which turns some emotional moments to almost auto-parody. But let's say that it just brings a smile in the middle of tears, for a final heartwarming sensation.
Some reviewers blame the scenes from the anime/manga that were missing in the movie. Well, the movie is 140min - long already, and I think it gets the true essence of the story. Actually, I think it's even better not to make it last too long, as the anime quickly got from "cute" to "unbearable" because of unnecessary lenghts. Plus, this is a teen drama, some concessions need to be done.
Visually, "Orange" impresses sometimes. Maybe too saturated at the end, with visible special effects, but overall they did a great job.
story gaps
lexiexanime11 November 2017
Honestly, the movie had so many important and key parts missing. I've read the manga and even the anime has the same key parts compared to this live action movie. If you just want to watch a Japanese romance movie, don't care about the anime and actual story, then watch it. But the manga and anime was much better, more interesting with all the key events.
Poor pacing is frustrating
its_mida25 March 2019
I remember reading the manga and found the story quite touching and beautiful.
I think the movie suffers from the editing and pacing to the point that I don't want to recommend it at all. I remember actually pausing several times to see how much time was remaining until the end because I couldn't believe how it was dragging on. There's several moments where you feel a sense of relief "...Ah, everything will get better now!" and then a twist! things are just as bad as before, or worse! The manga was able to handle these better, but in a single movie, maybe have that happen once, not two, three times!
I also felt almost every actor was too wooden in their performances. Obviously the tone of the movie is very very serious, but having most scenes and characters conversing slowly, and seriously without emotion, usually just standing there (there's almost zero action) made it even harder to get into the story.
Due to these reasons, I found myself no longer caring for the characters to find a resolution, and to just hurry up and get to the ending already. I think sometimes, movies shouldn't try to cram in every plot point from the original source material. Condensing the story would have been more fluid and more impactful. This movie absolutely did not need to be almost 2 and a half hours long!
I think the movie suffers from the editing and pacing to the point that I don't want to recommend it at all. I remember actually pausing several times to see how much time was remaining until the end because I couldn't believe how it was dragging on. There's several moments where you feel a sense of relief "...Ah, everything will get better now!" and then a twist! things are just as bad as before, or worse! The manga was able to handle these better, but in a single movie, maybe have that happen once, not two, three times!
I also felt almost every actor was too wooden in their performances. Obviously the tone of the movie is very very serious, but having most scenes and characters conversing slowly, and seriously without emotion, usually just standing there (there's almost zero action) made it even harder to get into the story.
Due to these reasons, I found myself no longer caring for the characters to find a resolution, and to just hurry up and get to the ending already. I think sometimes, movies shouldn't try to cram in every plot point from the original source material. Condensing the story would have been more fluid and more impactful. This movie absolutely did not need to be almost 2 and a half hours long!
Slow paced and very unrealistic
hanalisss23 July 2022
Although the script was good and the values of the story were awesome ( friendship, loyalty, love, family) the story was very slow and had many gaps. You will only enjoy this if you don't try to make sense of it, because it doesn't make sense, it's too fantastic and unrealistic.
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