A children's film that's at once overly simplistic and needlessly nonsensical.
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08/12/09
Ponyo (2009)
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Reviews Counted:111
Fresh:101
Rotten:10
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: While not Miyazaki's best film, Ponyo is a visually stunning fairy tale that's a sweetly poetic treat for children of all ages.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: From the Academy Award®-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki comes PONYO, a story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale “The Little Mermaid.” ... [More]
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Noah Cyrus, Matt Damon, Tina Fey
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Reviews for Ponyo
What held in the animator’s previous films as eccentrically multifaceted dream logic comes off for once as a series of non sequiturs -- but really, why complain while sucking on an Everlasting Gobstopper of eye candy?
08/12/09
Charming, amusing and firmly anchored in a child's point of view, this movie from the master animator of Spirited Away makes a great introduction to that acquired-taste style of filmmaking.
08/12/09
Depicting the physical and social world from the point of view of a young boy, Ponyo is a narratively simple, visually captivating fable that benefits from the a good voice cast, including a trio of eccentric ladies, Tomlin, Leachman and White.
08/12/09
A goldfish falls for a human boy in this imaginative kids' tale from visionary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.
08/12/09
See this film if you're looking to immerse yourself in a sense of delight over the simple wonders of a child's world.
08/12/09
It's a movie for anyone who, like Miyazaki himself, can still happily commune with his inner five-year-old.
08/11/09
A childlike wonder wedded to dazzlingly imaginative visuals, in a story of surprising simplicity and equally surprising emotional depth.
08/11/09
With a starry, first-rate voice cast and the shortened name, this Disney-fied version remains a magnificent animation wonder and a pure delight.
08/10/09
"Ponyo" is an entertaining fantasy movie for little ones where painstaking attention is given to balancing physical reality with magical reality. Already a hit in Japan, it's an instant classic of children's animation.
08/07/09
When Miyazaki makes films that decry the threat to the natural world, every molecule onscreen resonates with that belief -- a belief that dissolves the boundaries between form and content.
08/03/09
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