2013 · science fiction · romance · drama
Hal
Directed by Ryotaro Makihara1h 0m2013
Kurumi’s heart was broken by the sudden death of her boyfriend in a tragic airplane accident. By melding futuristic technology with the binary equivalent of human emotion, a brilliant scientist created an ultra-lifelike robotic surrogate to take Hal’s place – and lure Kurumi from her shroud of solitude.
Our read: Hal (2013) reads as a warm, steady, inventive science fiction · romance · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured science fiction / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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How Hal feels to watch.
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“You want tender Japanese anime about grief, a robot surrogate, and learning to let go.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if stories of loss and artificial replacement for a loved one will hit too hard.
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