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The Colors Within
Directed by
Naoko Yamada
PG
2024
1h 41m
Animation
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A girl who can see colors in people's hearts joins a band with two other people.
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Cast of The Colors Within
Sayu Suzukawa
Totsuko Higurashi (voice)
Akari Takaishi
Kimi Sakunaga (voice)
Taisei Kido
Rui Kagehira (voice)
Yui Aragaki
Sister Hiyoko (voice)
Aoi Yuki
Shiho Nanakubo (voice)
Yasuko
Saku Momochi (voice)
Minako Kotobuki
Sumika Yatsushika (voice)
Keiko Toda
Kimi's Grandmother (voice)
The Colors Within Ratings & Reviews
indieWire
Kambole Campbell
Funny, joyful, and brimming with confidence.
We Live Entertainment
Aaron Neuwirth
I don't think The Colors Within is afraid to take chances. However, I wondered what was holding this movie back from delivering more. Still, it's a sweet enough film with a solid soundtrack.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
Beyond the artistry of the appearance of Yamada's film, the story gradually becomes almost as strong as its visual elements.
FandomWire
Cole Groth
It's nice on the eyes and ears but offers little else to be memorable.
Next Best Picture
Tom O'Brien
To see Totsuko finally gather the courage to change the things she can is an inspiration to us all, and in "The Colors Within," Yamada has captured such a key moment in a young person's life with enormous style and grace.
Slant Magazine
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film is able to suggest great depths by withholding so much, by having characters express what they feel only in abstract terms during a fraught, transitional period of their lives.
Elements of Madness
Douglas Davidson
... is quite successful in not only quietly creating an impact on its audience, but doing so through the slow progression of musical development so that, when the songs are performed, all that they mean can be felt.
AV Club
Leigh Monson
The Colors Within may be uneven in how it explores its characters' individually, but the poignancy it achieves with them collectively is astounding. In the face of such a wave of emotion, it's hard not to sit back and soak in the colors.
Loud and Clear Reviews
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Naoko Yamada's The Colors Within is a sweet and low-stakes story about religion, friendship and the undeniable power of music.
Jaredmobarak.com
Jared Mobarak
Totsu, Kimi, and Rui are able to reconcile the two halves of themselves together and see a way forward via compromise for both. Maybe bending the rules will actually get them closer to God than if they blindly followed each to the letter.
RogerEbert.com
Simon Abrams
It's time in a bottle and a pleasure to soak up.
The Weekend Warrior (Substack)
Edward Douglas
It eventually wins viewers over with the obligatory band performance in the last act, because the songs are pretty cool.
Associated Press
Jake Coyle
Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Yamada Naoko's luminous anime "The Colors Within" gently reverberates with the doubts and yearnings of young life.
The Inlander (Spokane, WA)
Chase Hutchinson
Imagine that the also sweet recent film Sing Street was made into an anime and then brought to life with a fleeting yet still frequently astounding vibrancy, and you'll have a pretty good idea of all that Yamada accomplishes here.
New York Times
Maya Phillips
For a movie in which people are colors and music is faith, "The Colors Within" could do with a more expanded palette.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
A movie that truly understands the fear of loss and the internal strength required to truly yearn.
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
The surging, life-altering emotions the characters experience don't sweep you up the way they're meant to.
Collider
Shawn Van Horn
The Colors Within is a nice slice-of-life character-driven film, but there is very little drama or conflict to keep the viewer invested past the colorful animation.
Variety
Ryan Swen
Fitting snugly into [Naoko Yamada's] oeuvre's focus on youthful hopes and desires, the film follows a trio of teenagers as they form an ad hoc rock band, delving into their personal lives with a refreshingly low-key and compassionate touch.
Paste Magazine
Elijah Gonzalez
Yamada and Science Saru's latest is an empathetic coming-of-age tale that leverages animation firepower to eulogize connections born from music.
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