The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
Its a fantasy that will fill box-office coffers, but it makes for a movie thats a little too innocuous for its own good
A romantic fantasy so overwhelming it leaves you shivering in awe of cinemas possibilities.
Mainstream comedies should all be this funny and tender and deftly performed.