Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

This live action adaptation of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time bears little resemblance to the original anime version. The cartoon was a wild, Groundhog’s Day-like series of time twists while this one just uses time travel to establish the setting and characters of a simple, but effective love story. The sci-fi elements eventually creep back in, but by that time you don’t really care. They just serve to remind us of all the glaring plot holes. Yet the characters are fun to watch and the acting is good. And you know what, the sci-fi stuff is just there to trick us dudes into watching (and liking) a sappy chick flick.