WATCH PARTY: Your Name (2016) dir. Makoto Shinkai @ Richard Tucker

So this movie has 98% on Rotten Tomatoes--and why the heck not? This is one of the most spectacular, well-made anime movies you'll ever see.

We'll be in the bigger meeting room to the left of the entrance.

RATING: PG for “thematic elements and suggestive content”

RUNTIME: 112 minutes

SYNOPSIS: Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.

BLURBS:
"Staggeringly beautiful." - Cath Clarke, *TimeOut.com*

"Scenes of astral magic and natural disaster (an understandable preoccupation of Japanese cinema) lend a degree of spectacle that would put many live-action blockbusters to shame, while a hallucinogenic diversion into chalk pastel wonderment will transport even the most sceptical viewer to another realm." - Mark Kermode, The Guardian

"By the time Your Name reaches its final half-hour or so, the film has moved so far beyond its initial premise that if you think back to the beginning, you'll be astonished by how far it's come." - Emily St. James, *Vox.com*

"This vividly realized and emotionally satisfying feature ought to make Shinkai a household name - certainly in Japan, and with any luck, in other countries as well." -Peter Debruge, Variety