Synopsis
Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family's history in their unique house in order to help him become the big brother he was meant to be.
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Cast
- Moka KamishiraishiKun (voice)
- Haru KurokiMirai (voice)
- Gen HoshinoFather (voice)
- Kumiko AsoMother (voice)
- Mitsuo YoshiharaMysterious Man (voice)
- Yoshiko MiyazakiGrandmother (voice)
- Koji YakushoGrandfather (voice)
- Masaharu FukuyamaYoung Man (voice)
- Kaede HondoBaby Mirai (voice)
Recommendations
- 90
Variety
It’s the work of a true auteur (in what feels like his most personal film yet) presented as innocuous family entertainment. - 90
The New York Times
Fluctuating between the minor daily occurrences of Kun’s life and his touching sojourns into the past and the future, Hosoda’s film privileges moments of emotion over belabored story mechanics. Thus, it gathers complexity without sacrificing any of its guileless modesty. - 90
Los Angeles Times
Master Japanese animator Mamoru Hosoda makes family films, but not in the way you think. It’s not that his films are suitable for all ages, though they mostly are. And it’s not even that the family unit is central to his work, though it is. Rather it’s that Hosoda’s films stretch the boundaries of both style and content within the family film rubric. - 90
Rolling Stone
Mirai casts a spell that works on children and adults alike, but in different ways. Its creator’s artistry and empathy are the connecting links. It may be the animator’s smallest film, but it stands tall. You’ll be enchanted. - 89
Austin Chronicle
An anime version of "Mr. Mom" this is not. Director Hosoda’s clear-eyed story allows for comic moments of fatherly ineptitude but focuses just as often on the marital and familial stress this sudden role reversal causes. - 80
Screen Daily
The latest anime from Mamoru Hosoda (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) is a beguilingly sweet-natured little gem. The film balances spiralling flights of fancy with glinting observations on parenting and family dynamics. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Hosoda has a lovely, light touch and leavens the proceedings with dry, well-observed humor. - 80
Empire
Tempering its flights of fancy with moments of whimsical humour and kid’s-eye realism, this thoughtful treatise on growing pains reveals a realist side of Japanimation that’s all too rarely seen.
