Another example of how this film maven easily holds the crown in the sadly ever-shrinking traditional animation genre.
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10/30/06
Howl's Moving Castle (2005)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:30
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.4/10
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Childrens
US Box Office: $4,520,887
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 - 13 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticMiyazaki has an appeal that crosses generations. Adult audiences are drawn to the depth and variety of his vision, but so are kids, and for exactly the same reasons.
01/17/06
Top CriticThere are some truly inspired moments, although this new animation from Japanese writer / director Hayao Miyazaki never reaches the heights of the brilliant Spirited Away.
09/18/05
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08/16/05
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 CriticAn insanely creative work.
06/13/05
Top CriticSpeaking of enchantment, that's the ultimate thing missing from Howl's Moving Castle. That and soul.
06/10/05
Top CriticThere is no story, or rather, there's no force to the story, which meanders almost casually this way and that for no apparent reason.
06/10/05
Top CriticThis movie often soars, blending a childlike sense of wonder with sophisticated emotions and motives.
06/09/05
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
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He delighted audiences with Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle -- and now director Hayao Miyazaki is doing it all over again with his latest film, Ponyo on the Cliff by the... More...
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