I overall enjoyed the movie.

The movie delves deeply into guilt and navigates the devastating effects of bullying and how it leaves ripples of consequences. It successfully conveys the complex and irrational actions of teenagers, how everyone forces themselves into their own thoughts and interpretations of eachother, hence, conveying characters silence and inability in listening each others' voices.

It had many moments where it was powerful and moving. Especially in its depiction of bullying. This was further aided by the phenomenal quality of the voice actors. Particularly the characters ishida, nishimiya, and yuzuru. Furthermore, the visuals were beautiful and fluid, consistent with other kyoani studios' works.

Unfortunately, this is about as much praise as I can give the movie. I really wanted to enjoy it, but I feel like it was flawed in too many areas for me to remain immersed throughout the whole 2 hour playtime.

For a movie so focused on silence, deafness, and voices, I found the audio experience to be quite subpar compared to my expectations. I feel like there are opporunities to contrast silence heard by nishimiya and shoya's sensitivity to the voices at school.

The soundtrack work was good at times, but also absolutely awful at others. There were times where the soundtracks were so unfitting for the scene, such as during one of the last scenes where nishimiya was breaking down kneeling while apologising. the upbeat soundtrack clashed with the somber atmosphere, significantly diluting the impact of said scenes.

it was awful considering the next scene continues the sadness of the situation. Furthermore, it was almost like each soundtrack was quite detatched from the scene itself while manipulating the viewer into a certain emotion. Quite suprising since I usually enjoy Kensuke Ushio's work.

Also, despite how long the movie felt, characters not given enough time to be developed. Towards the beginning actually I resonated with the development of the chracters, since they were recently introduced. However as the movie progressed I simply got bored when I realised that this movie is gonna be mainly limited to Shoya's perspective. Key details introduced were not flashed out, such as Mashiba's existence as a character and Shouko's crush.

In conclusion, the film's shortcomings become apparent. Insufficient time is allotted for character development, leading to justified yet occasionally disjointed interactions. The soundtrack, though showcasing moments of brilliance, falls into disarray, sometimes feeling detached from the scenes it seeks to enhance. Its overall just a little uninspiring compared to my expectations.