Of all the movies I've seen since the beginning of 2023, this one is my favourite. This movie captures the viewer by sending him into a crazy adventure through the main character's mind. It's visually stunning, very entertaining and incredibly touching. We follow Bill, a somewhat normal man as he slowly starts to loose his thoughts, his memories and his grasp on reality. We get to live every moment with him and share in his confusion and mental hallucinations. We also get to live with him, follow his daily activities, follow his mental health and know his past. We live in his world through him and we get to see the people that surround him, the things he does, the things he sees, the things he imagines, the things he likes, the things he thinks about and the world as it is (for him). We simply become... Bill. As weird as it sounds, this is actually the most incredible and fascinating cinematic experience I've had in my life. I love Bill and I love this movie.

It's Such a Beautiful Day is in practice a very simple tale. A tale of a man who gets sick and has to deal with his incoming demise. The way this story is told is however far from simple and should make you think about your very existence by the end.

The film is actually built up from three seperate short films but this is hardly relevant as the three segments flow in a way that makes it obvious that they were intended to be as one from the start. Even so the movie is only slightly over an hour which is hugely impressive for what it accomplishes on a cinematic and emotional level.

The animation style must of course also be mentioned. At first it looks as though the style is just simple pencil drawn stick figures a five year old could draw, but it soon gets clear that the film is actually very well animated and that the simple style just further works as a contrast to the larger than life themes the film tackles. The animation is also intermixed with real world images as well as very surreal imagery which helps the film's look and feel stick out further. Oh and the music and voice acting are of course also really well done.

The film visually is very far from reality yet it manages to feel more "real" than most other regular drama films. There is a ton of super relatable and realistic feeling dialogue that makes it all feel very genuine even though we're essentially just looking at stick figures interacting with each other.

The pacing is incredibly sharp and quick to the point where I really ended up wishing that the movie would have been longer as I genuinely think it could have been a real masterpiece if it were twice as long. As it is, it is still a wonderful experience, it just could have been even more larger than life. At around the midpoint there is also a sequence of events that feels weirdly out of place (though this segment is made a little less distracting through a referential scene toward this scene later on in the film).

Other than those few mishaps the film is really good and when my biggest issue is that I wanted more of the product, you know that it is good.

Without spoiling anything the film has a few scenes that feel tremendously powerful and these scenes really solidified the film as a monumentally unique but albeit somewhat gimmicky film. So it's Such a Beautiful Day is not perfect, but it sure as hell is worth your time!

Rating: 8-/10.