BaTTR Score: 4.75
Time Travel Mechanics (5) – The lead characters, connected through a predestined thread of fate, mysteriously swap bodies over a while.
Only at the midpoint of the film, are we told that they’ve been switching bodies 3-years apart.
The very fact that the film is based on time travel is a surprise element dropped in the mid of the film.
Repercussion (5)Â – The intricacies of cause and effect of time travel in this film is pretty complicated.
Swapping back and forth through time results in the disruption of one timeline and the creation of another.
Events of a critical day are rewritten, and we get to see two realities blurring into one unified possibility, Kataware-doki.
Base Coherence (4) – Barring the issue of the unexplained “delayed” disappearing of messages from Taki’s phone,
the time complexities in this film are wrapped up pretty tight.
Coherence (4) – Given the Repercussion score is a 5, the Coherence score is the same as the Base Coherence score for this film.
Rewatchability (5) – Everything about this film is lovable, the characters, the plot, the artwork (oh, the artwork!), and the creative storyboarding.
It’s one of those films that you can enjoy watching over and over and notice something new each time.
It really brings together fantasy, science fiction, and so many other genres like no other movie.
And for that, Kimi No Na Wa takes the crown on this list of the best time travel movies.
