Another work of great imagination and beauty from Hiyao Miyazaki.
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09/07/08
Howl's Moving Castle (2005)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:8
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.5/10
Consensus: Exquisitely illustrated by master animator Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle will delight children with its fantastical story and touch the hearts and minds of older viewers as well.
Theatrical Release:23-09-2005
Synopsis: Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away") takes moviegoers on an amazing new animated adventure that celebrates the power of love to transform and the resiliency of the human... [More]
Starring: Emily Mortimer, Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Reviews for Howl's Moving Castle
1 - 10 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticA stunning example of a pure, disorienting dream logic that cinema provides all too rarely.
06/24/06
Top CriticAs much of a hand-drawn treat as Spirited Away, chock-full of numinous sunsets, fabulous organic machinery and gratuitously delightful touches.
09/24/05
Top CriticYoungsters and Miyazaki fans will coo at the world's depth and rich surreality, but opaque plotting, and a tendency to mope with Sophie whilst Howl is off affecting events let the momentum of the first act vanish into thin air.
09/18/05
Top CriticPalaces and shimmering lakes, warplanes and fire sprites all come to life at the breath of Miyazaki's graphic genius.
09/07/08
Top CriticA parade of weird characters comes onstage to do their turns, but the underlying plot grows murky and, amazingly for a Miyazaki film, we grow impatient at spectacle without meaning.
06/09/05
Top CriticThe latest animated tour de force from the Japanese director Hayao Miyazak is a fitting introduction to one of modern cinema's great enchanters.
06/09/05
Top CriticMiyazaki's gift for wonder, an ease with fantasy that makes enchantment second nature, is so great it obliterates differences in language.
06/09/05
Top CriticThe tireless volley of ideas and inventions make this a delight that should connect with kids and adults in both dubbed and original-language versions.
06/09/05
Top CriticMiyazaki exerts a strong command over a wide-ranging story line and skillfully seduces the viewer into deciphering the subtle motivations of the characters.
02/23/05
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