If you've yet to take the anime plunge, this is a fine place to start; if you're an old hand, you will not be disappointed.
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06/17/05
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Howl's Moving Castle (2005)
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Reviews Counted:144
Fresh:123
Rotten:21
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.
Theatrical Release:Jun 10, 2005 Limited
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
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Reviews for Howl's Moving Castle
Top CriticWhen it comes to magnificence in anime imagineering, Miyazaki continues to be the man.
06/17/05
Increasingly hard to follow, with too many dull patches along the way.
06/17/05
Fantasy tale from master animator Hayao Miyazaki is a feast for the senses ... that makes no sense.
06/16/05
The world it gives us to live in, for a couple of hours, is pure magic. It is one of those places we might wish never to leave.
06/16/05
Top CriticChoppy story lines and threadbare characterization often hamper live-action adventures, and Mr. Miyazaki's newest anime endeavor suffers from similar handicaps.
06/16/05
Top CriticThe whole thing has the heavenly whimsy of Ludwig Bemelmans' illustrations from the classic French children's books.
06/16/05
Top CriticIt's Miyazaki all the way.
06/16/05
It's hard to imagine a film more imaginative and creative than this latest work from the world's premier animator.
06/15/05
Miyazaki's work is so refreshingly engaging, even his recycled ideas seem as if they spring brand new from his kaleidoscopic imagination.
06/15/05
An insanely creative work.
06/13/05
Top CriticOne of the summer's tastiest treats...a beautifully wrought, intoxicatingly dreamlike parable of personal and social maturation.
06/13/05
The director's grasp of animation techniques is as impressive as the depth and substance of his imaginary worlds.
06/13/05
...heartfelt humanism once again enlivens the filmmaker's craft, yet this time around the film seems quieter, more charming and eccentric than awing.
06/13/05
Absurdly engaging narrative and surreal visuals.
06/12/05
The procession of enchanting and spectacular images is intoxicating.
06/12/05
Top CriticIN THE ANIMATED WORLDS of Hayao Miyazaki, the border between the domestic and the magical, between the everyday and the astounding, lies no further away than the nearest broom closet or backyard.
06/11/05
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06/11/05
A feast of images and ideas for those who still cling to the idea that animation ought to be every bit as expressive as anything that begins with a blank page, a sharp pencil and an unharnessed imagination.
06/11/05
Top CriticNo review available.
06/11/05
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