Fans of the exquisite Japanese anime Your Name will recognise some of the themes here – inarticulate teen romantic longing, alternate versions of reality, looping temporal trickery. They will also be forced to acknowledge that Fireworks, although visually striking, is not in the same league. The characters are underdeveloped, the narrative contrived, the tittering preoccupation with breasts is tedious. The crystalline prettiness of the animation notwithstanding, this spun-sugar confection is more cloying than satisfying.
