It is a very rare and special moment when you finish watching a film and are left with a genuine feeling of gratefulness, for having just witnessed such a brilliant work of art. Through it's unmitigated sense of simplicity delivered by means of unassuming animation this film of just one hour length is capable of encompassing such vast wealth of emotion that I admit to being left completely in awe and admiration as the credits began to roll. This is a work full of meaning and purpose which I heart-fully recommend to just about anybody!

An intense and beautiful take on mental health that deals with its subject matter with tact and respect. In a world where mental health in film is so often overly-trivialised or simply ignored, it's refreshing to see a piece that accurately represents the everyday anxiety and uncertainty that comes with such problems.More specifically, however, it's a very tragic story of protagonist Bill slowly losing his grip on reality. As such the film is presented in a manner that often feels like the unfocused ramblings of a man lost in his own thoughts. Bill regales us with memories within memories, memories that are perhaps inaccurate and memories that may even be entirely fabricated. The way the unreliable narrator method of storytelling is used throughout is extremely effective, and although it may feel a little confusing or disjointed at times it all comes together wonderfully in a way that feels thoughtful and very well-considered.An incredibly unique piece of art that any amount of description can't really do justice. One of my favourite things to sit down and watch whenever I'm feeling down or uncertain or if I simply want to get lost in thought. Guaranteed to leave a lasting impact if given the time and attention it deserves.

This film is a great one worth many viewings. Each time I watch it I either walk away with a new perspective of it or life. It is fairly experimental especially in scene setup and framing. However the director still manages to get his point across each time. All in all it was a really great film that will take many hours and many pages to write about. I will not attempt some of it. The framing of this film is a very interesting one, I have yet to really view a film with the framing to this extent. It was a risk doing this kind of framing-as very rarely is the entire screen "filled". Most of the time it is small blurbs of images and animation. However don't take this as bad, as you will get the "point" each time. Hertzfeldt definitely took a risk, and it definitely paid off. As for the story, I have nothing but praise. You will be taken into the mind of Bill, without spoiling too much, Bill's mind is failing him. While the exact diagnosis is never told, Bill has a life threatening and certainly reality distorting disease/ailment in his life. It slowly but surely affects every aspect of Bill's life, as a result he is left scrambling picking up the fragments of his life be it a past memory that is filled with delusions or even "hallucinations" and delusions in his every day life. I won't spoil the ending, but Hertzfeldt interestingly mocks the audience at the end. The ending itself can be taken in many ways, philosophically and even the way Hertzfeldt mocks traditional endings. Overall the story is nothing short of a masterpiece, one that can be viewed many times with many more revelations the more you watch.

I've just finished this film for the first time and struggle to find the words to describe it. It is funny in that dark Hertzfeldt way. But it is so much more than that. It ties the humor of humanity in with the pain of being human. It's a Beautiful Day tells, mostly in present tense, the story of Bill. The entire time we are laughing at Bill's misfortunes, we empathize, he is becoming a part of us. We soon find we are laughing at ourselves and our world.The story starts like many of Hertzfeldt's shorter films. The telling of this story, at first, comes off kind of clumsy, as if its creator struggled with such a large canvas on which to tell it. But the pieces are violently shoved together in a moment that makes Hertzfeldt's genius come to light. This moment which gives a greater sense of the story is followed by several more that cut me to the core. In my opinion, this story is agonizingly beautiful and is rich with that transparent honestly only Hertfeldt has seemed to be able to accomplish via film/animation.