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It's Such a Beautiful Day is a forgotten gem in the world of film, an unflinchingly unique and poignant art piece that shatters the norms of what an animated film can do. In just an hour, Don Hertzfeldt crafts a story about the human psyche, redemption, love, and life, using only pencil-drawn stick figures. I won't spoil much, because this is a movie that you need to experience blindly- but I will say that it has messages and themes that are rarely seen in the industry. Through the main character, Bill, we see the chaos of mental illness, the nihilism of a mundane existence, and the fear of mortality. But once Bill's fears are washed away, we see an appreciation of the beauty of life, and an understanding of the purpose of death, a kind of existential optimism that truly moves the heart. The art style, albeit at first glance cartoonish and simplistic, is quite actually genius. It is a reflection of how Bill sees his life, and it blends with live-action footage at the end of the movie to represent his change in perception. The fact that all the visuals were created without computers, just a camera and optical effects is fascinating, and the end result is beautiful. "It's Such a Beautiful Day" is such a beautiful movie, perhaps one of the greatest movies of all time. It is a reminder that through all the ugliness and pain of the human existence, the simple beauty of life persists, and we must remember it before it is too late.