The modulation from capper suavity to brisk Dumas-like derring-do is quicksilver
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09/25/09
The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:8
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: The feature film debut of Hayao Miyazaki (NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND, PRINCESS MONONOKE), THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO depicts one adventure of the master thief Lupin and his... [More]
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Reviews for The Castle of Cagliostro
1 - 9 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
The second Lupin anime feature, is widely regarded as the thief's best outing...
02/05/09
Une première oeuvre stimulante, mais mineure dans une filmographie aussi stellaire que celle de ce grand rêveur qui allait changer à jamais la face du cinéma d'animation
09/18/08
...makes up for the lack of mysticism with a cracking, breakneck pace.
09/01/06
This one should fare nearly as well with animation fans of any age, provided they are unwavering in their devotion to the form and do not think 100 minutes is an awfully long time.
08/30/04
Top CriticMissing is a sense of completion and the deeper examination of themes that one will come to associate with the director's work.
10/09/02
Rather crudely animated and a lot more lifeless than you'd think.
01/01/00
Cagliostro is a film first, and an anime second.
01/01/00
Sure, it's no great triumph of moviemaking, but it is entertaining, and a more or less plausible way to kill 95 minutes on a Saturday afternoon.
01/01/00
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