A Silent Voice

2017 • 129 minutes

4.9

349 reviews

94%

Tomatometer

P-13

Rating

About this movie

A deaf elementary school girl, Shoko Nishimiya, upon transferring, meets a boy named Shoya Ishida in her new class. Shoya, who is not deaf, leads the class in bullying Shoko, because she is deaf. As the bullying continues, the class starts to bully Shoya for bullying Shoko. After graduating from elementary school, Shoko and Shoya do not speak to each other… until later, when Shoya, tormented over his past, decides he must see Shoko once more. Shoya wants to make amends for what he did in elementary school and be Shoko's friend.

Rating

P-13

Ratings and reviews

4.9

349 reviews

Gacha Addict

May 4, 2019

I've read the manga before watching this movie. I've felt both amazed and disappointed after finishing this one. The way they cut some of the scenes from the manga made some of the scenes in the movie lost its value. While that may be true, the emotion is still strong during Ishida's heroic deed and I loved it. And I think the movie gave better ending sequence than what the manga offered.

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Steve A. Daniel

August 2, 2021

I don't watch Japanese anime a lot, but this anime really different from what I thought. The storyline was superb, creative, inspiring and really connected to real life. I don't read manga, but after watching this movie, it makes me want to read it.

sara

January 4, 2022

probably the most relatable movie I've seen as a person who's struggling the same, movie perfectly captures social anxiety and the guilt that follows, for the people who's hating on the main characters, he was just a child, and when he notices people around him started laughing and even supporting his actions when he bullied her, main character got happy that he got the attention and didnt stop until things escalate, what im trying to say is once they laugh at him they're automatically involved