Tenki no Ko

Translated from swedish: "Tenki no Ko" makes you think back to the days of youth and the feelings that your first love brought forth. There's so much warmth in how Hodaka and Hina's relationship is portrayed as the center of the world. It's one thing to show that the characters in the film experience it that way, another to convey those feelings to the movie audience.
- August Klittmar

Swedish: filmtopp.se »

Translated from swedish: Wonderful weather-sensitive anime poetry
- Wanda Bendjelloul

Swedish: dn.se »

Translated from swedish: Overall, "Tenki no Ko" is a really good film. What shines through and is best here is the animation and how director Makoto Shinkai manages to create such a vibrant film from it. It's definitely one of the most beautiful anime films I've seen.
- Linus Andersen

Swedish: cinetaste.se »

Translated from swedish: "Tenki no Ko" has that beautiful blend of surreal events and real relationships. It tackles the grand themes between humanity and the heavens, as well as the intimate connections between people. It's a film about love, friendship, and sacrifice - about what someone will do to make the rain stop, and what they're willing to accept to make it rain forever.

Swedish: kulturbloggen.com »

Translated from swedish: The essential puzzle pieces are laid out clumsily and don't always fit together properly, making things messy to say the least, with certain detours during the runtime feeling completely insignificant. It took a long time before I felt the central romantic relationship had enough substance to avoid becoming a total flop in the third act. Fortunately, that didn't turn out to be the case.
- Viktor Jerner

Swedish: moviezine.se »

Translated from swedish: "Tenki no Ko" is a film about young love, searching, and identity, but unlike the master Miyazaki, it's more for immediate consumption - Shinkai isn't making films for eternity just yet.
- Nina Asarnoj

Swedish: sverigesradio.se »

Translated from swedish: Visually, this is a strikingly beautiful film, both when sunny weather lets the imagination soar and in the gray, rainy Tokyo where neon signs reflect in the raindrops.
- Stefan Hedmark

Swedish: aftonbladet.se »

Translated from swedish: Makoto Shinkai's film is a fast-paced adventure featuring many wonderful and sharp characters like Hina with her charming and cool personality that contrasts with Hodaka's shy and awkward nature.
- Ann-Sofie Nyström

Swedish: filmeye.se »

Translated from swedish: The images of a rain-soaked Tokyo where neon signs reflect in every raindrop and seem to bleed into the wetness, everything rusts and the street crowds consist of thousands of umbrellas in eternal darkness are fateful and incredibly beautiful. "Tenki no Ko" is a joy to watch, even though I wish the ongoing disaster hadn't been rushed through.
- Sofia Olsson

Swedish: svt.se »

Translated from swedish: A little humor wouldn't have hurt in this weather dystopia
- Jeanette Gentele

Swedish: svd.se »

Translated from swedish: The film, which initially appears to be a vibrant contribution to the climate debate, gradually becomes more fatalistic and downplays our need for climate anxiety. The ultimate message is rather that it can cost you dearly to try to change the world/weather through sheer force of will.
- Maria Domellöf-Wik

Swedish: gp.se »

Translated from swedish: Dumb story about climate change
- Michael Tapper

Swedish: sydsvenskan.se »

Translated from swedish: Makoto manages to include both some stunning panoramic sequences and well-crafted visualizations. Too bad he also crams in way too many unnecessary filler scenes and ends up forgetting to tie together several loose threads. What could have been snappy and tone-setting instead feels scattered and fleeting. And drawn-out.
- Sun Nordberg

Swedish: ng.se »