Reviews for this film from our members:
- Danny Baldwin @ Critic Speak
- Nicholas Bell @ IONCINEMA.com
- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: An impressive hallowing of play and laughter as the sources of a lightness of being.
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: The magic is in the technique.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Fairy tales always have a moral and I’m sure this one is no exception. I just have no idea what that is given the bizarre resolution.
- Alan Mattli @ The Zurich English Student
- Excerpt: 26 years after the release of ‘Grave of the Fireflies’, Isao Takahata, quite simply, has crafted another masterpiece.
- Pat Mullen @ Cinemablographer
- Excerpt: One of the finest films Studio Ghibli has ever produced.
- Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: …looks like it was drawn on rice paper scrolls in cherry blossom ink.
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: Will enthrall everyone with its evocative images but probably task the patience of anybody not already acquainted with, and fascinated by, the story.
- [New – 4/2/15] | Sarah Ward @ artsHub