Review of Millennium Actress (2002) by Graham M — 05 May 2015
"Millennium Actress" is one of my favourite films of all time. This is why I love Anime. The Japanese are always willing to come up with creative and original storylines and to even find new and inventive ways to tell their stories.
"Millennium Actress" is no exception. The way the flash-back scenes transition from one point in time to the next is really well done, the main character Chiyoko is nicely developed and fleshed out as a three-dimensional character, the humour from the interviewer Genya, in the way he interacts with Chiyoko's past memories, is both hilarious and brilliant in the way it advances the story and the whole structure and ending to the film defies all expectations.
It's brilliant; that's the best word to describe it. For me, this is the perfect example of why Japanese animation is severely overlooked here in the Western world and why it deserves much more attention and recognition.
This review of Millennium Actress (2002) was written by Graham M on 05 May 2015.
Millennium Actress has generally received very positive reviews.
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