If Your Name. was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.


“This tomato has seen things.”
Your Name.
Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
An absolute cinematic disaster.
A high school girl in rural Japan and a high school boy in Tokyo find themselves inexplicably swapping bodies. As they navigate each other's lives through these mysterious exchanges, they begin to form a unique connection. They soon realize their connection might be more profound than mere body-swapping when they attempt to meet in person and uncover a hidden truth.
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A high school girl in rural Japan and a high school boy in Tokyo find themselves inexplicably swapping bodies. As they navigate each other's lives through these mysterious exchanges, they begin to form a unique connection. They soon realize their connection might be more profound than mere body-swapping when they attempt to meet in person and uncover a hidden truth.
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If whispered monologues were currency, Your Name. would settle the national debt.
Your Name.: an airport-run cliché stretched into a feature film.
If exposition were a contact sport, Your Name. would be banned for life.
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Why is Your Name. roasted on Roasted Tomatoes?+
Your Name. (2016) is served a mixed roast on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 55/100. A high school girl in rural Japan and a high school boy in Tokyo find themselves inexplicably swapping bodies. As they navigate each other's lives through these mysterious exchanges, they begin to form a unique connectio…
What streaming era or audience vibe does Your Name. fit best?+
Your Name. works best as a modern catalog staple for animation fans. With a Burn Index of 55/100, pair it with viewers who can handle that heat level.
Is Your Name. worth watching according to Roasted Tomatoes?+
Your Name. lands at 55/100 Burn — solid for genre fans, skippable if you want a guaranteed classic.
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Hot Take: Your Name.'s third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Director clearly thought Your Name. was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Your Name. actually is?
Honestly, Your Name. would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Your Name.?
Look, I wanted to love Your Name.. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
Unpopular opinion: Your Name. is the most overrated film of the decade
Just got out of Your Name. and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
