A story as idealistic and imaginative as any that Miyazaki and company have brought to life, with the kind of vivid hand-drawn care that is harder to come by with each passing 'toon.
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12/17/09
Ponyo (2009)
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Reviews Counted:113
Fresh:103
Rotten:10
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: While not Miyazaki's best film, Ponyo is a visually stunning fairy tale that's a sweetly poetic treat for children of all ages.
Theatrical Release:Aug 14, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $14,816,643
Synopsis: From the Academy Award®-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki comes PONYO, a story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale “The Little Mermaid.” ... [More]
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Noah Cyrus, Matt Damon, Tina Fey
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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Reviews for Ponyo
Minor Miyazaki to be sure, this film pales in comparison to many of his recent features.
12/12/09
Ponyo observes the everyday, magically and truthfully.
11/04/09
Miyazaki refuses to be dismissed
10/18/09
lacks any real sense of conflict or danger. It makes up for it. . . with a delightfully absurd internal logic that is perfectly keyed into the way small children see the world
10/03/09
Bliss Made Simple: Hayao Miyazaki's shimmering 'Ponyo' ('Gake no Ue no Ponyo')
09/04/09
Hiyao Miyazaki, bless him, continues to be an analog guy in animation's increasingly digital world
09/04/09
Hayao Miyazaki is off his game with this film that has weaker art and animation than his usual films and a script that needed another draft or two.
09/02/09
There's a miraculous transformation in almost every moment of the film.
09/01/09
Ponyo is something of a disappointment. Leaving aside the plot deficiencies and storytelling awkwardness, Mr. Miyazaki's latest simply doesn't look good.
08/28/09
Children will love this. It's classic Miyazaki.
08/27/09
Miyazaki effortlessly combines the marvellous and the mundane in his cinema. Visually, Ponyo is an imaginative, exhilarating work, but its vigour and energy are achieved with surprising simplicity.
08/27/09
It is a delight, this film. There is so much imagination at work here.
08/26/09
Miyazaki has come up with another memorable film in Ponyo, which is roughly inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid... it’s incredibly beautiful as Miyazaki explores an amazing world of sea creatures and human beings.
08/26/09
It's one of Miyazaki's funniest and most intimate films so far, partly because of the engaging matter-of-factness with which he marries the extravagantly fantastic with the comforting realities of everyday life.
08/26/09
Lately, when I want to smile, I just think of Ponyo.
08/25/09
[N]ever coheres into a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts, as Miyazaki's true classics have done...
08/24/09
Heralds a return to the child-like wonder of Miyazaki’s enduring My Neighbor Totoro. And what do you know? It’s another masterpiece.
08/23/09
Compared to the animated garbage that typically passes through stateside theaters, it's practically a godsend.
08/21/09
The sight of the giddy and newly bipedal Ponyo racing atop the waves of a magically roiling flood may be the happiest and most memorable image of the movie year.
08/21/09
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