It's so deep. Emotional. and Relatable. I cried a lot during the screen. Sadly this is the final movie. I can only wish for more. I can't move on. I want to see more.

This movie is for both people who have seen the series and those who haven't as well. But it takes you on an emotional experience unlike any other I have seen to date. I went to see this with my adult son, his girlfriend and my good adult male friend. And my son kept saying the movie got to me and went on to admit how he couldn't resist crying throughout even though he had never watched the series and my adult male friend said the same even though he had. And here I was in the middle crying between them. And these men rarely ever cry. It brought back in a lot of history about Violet Evergarden but incorporated a new story based off a previous one, a new unique story that will definitely tug at your heartstrings and answers to the one thing the series never did that will also make you emotional. It did several time jumps but it showed how things ended for Violet which if you have seen the series will show how much she changed and allow you to find out how her life ended up. To me it tied up all of the loose ends and allowed a truly emotional experience by a woman who had had at one point no idea what emotions were to feel everything. And to be able to put them into words which was something that took more effort than you would realize if you haven't seen the series. The ending will leave you content and happy.

This film disappointed my expectations. It takes too long to get anywhere, has too many characters and subplots, the emotion is contrived and not much really happens. It has some good points though. The visual imagery is downright gorgeous and the characters are iconic (though as my mother commented, Violet only owns one dress). The subplot of finding the major was the strongest part of the film and should have been the sole focus.