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I'm a big Kon fan, i love Milennium Actress and Paprika.
But this just does not hold a candle in comparison and here is why:

Story 5/10
The story itself is a pretty basic concept. A pop idol wants to further her career and she ends up with mental issues to put it mildly. Its nothing revolutionary, and it doesn't have to be, but it fell flat. There weren't many possible ways this would end so it was predictable throughout the whole movie, within the first 20 minutes with no prior knowledge apart from reading the summary i had guessed 2 possible endings and one of them came ... true, the journey itself was done quite well actually so i can see where the praise is coming from, but i expected more. Because of the execution it still deserves a 5.

Art 1/10
Sprite issues, visible pen lines, it makes me belief that this movie had some funding issues, the overall art is done intentionally in an unaesthetic manor to add to the disturbment of the viewer.

Sound 1/10
Although the ost fits thematically well it's incredibly monotonous.
The voice acting is fairly average.

Character 1/10
The characters are bland, while interesting psychological elements are explored there are no interesting backstories that explain the characters drive towards her goals. Her decision making is also incredibly lacking which made it incredibly hard to watch.

Enjoyment 1/10

A mediocre story with no revolutionary concept, although the visual excecution was well done and the skript was written decently, its just not enough to justify the score of the movie. The setting, characters and dialogue are all a part of overall writing as well and they just didn't hold up compared to the execution of the movie. Overall there could have been much better ways to fulfill the intentions this movie had.
It had much more potential, its quite overrated to be honest.
The whole Movie's only selling point is its execution. If you take that away you would have a pure mess. Confusing the viewer with hallucinations and making him question reality is great. But if the movie solely relies on that to make it good calling it a masterpiece is very farfetched.

I'm mostly disappointed because Satoshi Kon later on went to create wonderful masterpieces like Paprika and Millenium Actress. But i guess he learned from his mistakes.

Overall 1/10