I watched Laplace's Witch twice, on the way to and back from a plane trip. While it wasn't boring and had some admirable concepts, it was brought down significantly by poor pacing and a number of loose threads. Much of the film was pure talk, and thus it didn't effectively explore or bring out the potential of Madoka and Kento's foresighting abilities- furthermore, the final confrontation seemed tacked on. The acting was decent overall- Sakurai's Professor Aoe was a rather uninspiring protagonist but Suzu's outbursts of emotion as Madoka felt realistic, especially when contrasted against her coldness. People have described Sota Fukushi as a bland actor but I felt that he tried hard to bring out Kento's anguish, with a small degree of success. Overall, decent and somewhat interesting.

I probably gave this an extra half star because 1. I love snowy Japan and 2. Suzu totally slays on the poster in that black dress. Yeah you go sisterrr-