SUMMER WARS

Showtimes

Fri, Dec 3rd at 8:00pm
Sat, Dec 4th at 3:00pm
Sat, Dec 4th at 5:15pm
Sat, Dec 4th at 8:00pm
Sun, Dec 5th at 4:15pm
Mon, Dec 6th at 6:00pm
Mon, Dec 6th at 8:15pm
Tue, Dec 7th at 8:00pm
Wed, Dec 8th at 6:00pm
Wed, Dec 8th at 8:15pm
Thu, Dec 9th at 6:00pm
Thu, Dec 9th at 8:15pm

Tickets

Average: 4.8 (33 votes)

Chicago premiere!

  1. SUMMER WARS
  1. (SAMA WOZU)
  2. 2010, Mamoru Hosoda, Japan, 114 min.

“Spectacular…visionary--and surprisingly moving to boot.”
—Peter Debruge, Variety

“Fresh, contemporary and dazzlingly imaginative…the future king of Japanese animation may be with us.”
—Mark Schilling, Japan Times

In this animé delight by director Hosoda (THE GIRL WHO LEPT THROUGH TIME), a former protégé of Hayao Miyazaki, a rousing sci-fi plot in which a world-domination scheme centers on a social networking website is thrillingly au courant in its projections and perils. Young math prodigy Kenji is tricked into pretending to be the fiancé of his secret crush Natsuki at her grandmother’s family reunion birthday party, just as an evil A.I. takes the universally popular online world Oz hostage and shuts down all of the real world’s communication systems. A killer satellite is hurtling toward the earth, but will Kenji’s way with numbers, Natsuki’s card tricks, and the gaming skills of her computer-geek cousin Kazuma be enough to save the world? In English, or in Japanese with English subtitles at selected shows; see note below. HDCAM video. (BS)

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Note: The following screening times will be in Japanese with English subtitles; all other screenings will be in English.

Fri 12/3 at 8:00 pm
Sat 12/4 at 8:00 pm
Sun 12/5 at 4:15 pm
Mon 12/6 at 8:15 pm
Tue 12/7 at 8:00 pm
Wed 12/8 at 6:00 pm
Thu 12/9 at 8:15 pm

Comments

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed Dec 01.

Thank you for bringing Summer Wars to Chicago! It's wonderful that people will have the chance to see this amazing film on the big screen, where it belongs!

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri Dec 03.

I honestly saw this subbed recently and am now planning to watch the Chicago screening this week. It's really great. Thanks guys!

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat Dec 04.

Yeah but sadly it wont be in Florida so I don't get to see this amazing movie. Its said to be very good and I really want to see it!

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed Dec 08.

Simply put, this movie was amazing. I laughed, I cried, and I left the theater feeling lucky to have been given a heads up on the screening. Don't give it a second thought. Take the bus, take the train; do what you must to catch this movie before it slips away from Chicago. It's worth every bit to see it on the big screen.