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A Tree of Palme (Parumu no Ki) (2002)

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At the base of a huge tree lives a botanist with his malfunctioning wooden robot named Palme. One day a wounded female warrior arrives there just ahead of her pursuers. She tells Palme to deliver a capsule to Tamas, a world deep underground.

Mar 8, 2005

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It's visually creative, but doesn't stand out among other animes, and its 136-minute running time is about 30 minutes too long.

February 18, 2005 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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Measure for measure, none of A Tree of Palme really goes anyplace that fairy tales or anime haven't previously been.

February 11, 2005 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
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Very deserving of attention.

April 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

A heady, dense metaphor for everything from the struggle for self-knowledge and personal growth to the aging process.

April 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Comment
Austin Chronicle

Hints of greatness are subverted by frenetic plotting and sensory overload.

March 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Seattle Times | Comment
Seattle Times

(T)he sprawling journey tends to bog down in complicated exposition... and the animation is surprisingly limited for all of its inventive and impressive imagery.

March 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Comment
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I'm not one to watch much Japanese animation anymore, but this one stands out amongst the flood of cookie cutter stuff that typifies what is popular these days. A Tree of Palme stirred in the brains of its creator Takashi Nakamura for 7 years before he got the chance to make it, and the world he imagined is a dazzling

May 12, 2010
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I'm alone in loving this movie. I find it to be a more accurate commentary on environmental issues than 2008's "WALL?E"

August 9, 2008

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