Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) (1999)
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 84
Fresh: 79 | Rotten: 5
With its epic story and breathtaking visuals, Princess Mononoke is a landmark in the world of animation.
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 25
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 1
With its epic story and breathtaking visuals, Princess Mononoke is a landmark in the world of animation.
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This $20 million animated adventure/fantasy quickly became the highest grossing Japanese film in Japanese film history (making $150 million in Japan during its first seven months). Set in the 14th century, the ecology-themed epic was directed by Hayao Miyazaki whose previous films were acquired by Disney for U.S. distribution plus other territories. Princess Mononoke depicts a mystical battle between Animal Gods of the forest and humans during Japan's Muromachi Period. Young Ashitaka receives a
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Yôji Matsuda
Ashitaka -
Yuriko Ishida
San -
Yûko Tanaka
Lady Eboshi -
Kaori Kobayashi
Jiko -
Masahiko Nishimura
Koroku -
Tsunehiko Kamijyo
Gonza -
Sumi Shimamoto
Toki -
Akihiro Miwa
Moro -
Hitsuko Mori
Oracle -
Hisaya Morishige
Okkoto -
Billy Crudup
Ashitaka [English Vers... -
Claire Danes
San [English Version] -
Billy Bob Thornton
Jiko [English Version] -
Minnie Driver
Lady Eboshi [English V... -
Gillian Anderson
Moro [English Version] -
Jada Pinkett Smith
Sonji [English Version] -
John DiMaggio
Koroku [English Versio... -
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All Critics (84) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (79) | Rotten (5) | DVD (23)
Even when animals speak, lip sync is avoided; they seem to be communicating almost telepathically, and one seldom feels that they're contradicting their animal natures.
Top CriticHayao Miyazaki's exceedingly imaginative, beautifully realized animated epic adventure has been adapted into English with tact and talent...
It's just right for the 9-year-old looking to while away a long afternoon in escapist storytelling.
Superbly imagined and visually sumptuous, it's let down only by Hisaishi's sub-Miklos Rosza score.
The imagery, ranging from sublime mountain-smashing power to firefly delicacy (individual waterdrops splashing on a rock) is exuberant and intoxicating.
The movie has a scope that makes Hollywood's homiletic, follow - your - dream fables look even more solipsistic.
Watching the way Miyazaki and his animators can make a misty cloud drift across the screen is nothing less than pure bliss.
It is too ambitious, too sure of its own vastness to love it; it demands respect more than affection.
A seamless marriage between a mature, complex story ideas and boundless visual imagination.
From the very opening frames, Miyazaki proves himself a total master of the medium...
Hayao Miyazaki recasts the mythic tale of man's dominion over the earth with an animist mythology and a conservationist message...
Obviously the real star here is the artwork, which was spearheaded by director/lead animator Hayao Miyazaki.
Hayao Miyazaki's eco-friendly animated fable about animal gods and those damn humans bent on destroying the environment is made bearable by some trademark anime limb-severing violence.
Its imagery is never less than breathtakingly beautiful, and is occasionally truly awesome...
All Miyazaki's films are masterpieces, but Princess Mononoke may just have the edge.
While Miyazaki's ecological concerns are never in doubt, he neither oversentimentalises the forces of nature, nor demonises the human characters.
A terrific new animated movie -- a milestone.
There's ten times as much imagination in this film than in The Phantom Menace, and there's a much more engaging and multi-faceted story to boot.
This web of mixed motives is one of Princess Mononoke's greatest strengths. Not once do we feel that the characters are cardboard cutout villains and their hardships are more powerful as a result.
Miyazaki's artistry is evident in every frame, a pristine combination of lush greenery, ghastly mythic monsters and beautifully executed humans.
Some scenes in the film are gory and may scare young children, but older teens and adults should revel in the beautifully realized scenery and the rich characters.
An animated fable of dazzling artistry, one of the most beautiful ever made.
Audience Reviews for Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime)
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- Oracle: You can not alter your fate, my prince, however you can rise to meet it if you choose.
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- Lady Eboshi [English Version]: What exactly are you here for?
- Ashitaka [English Version]: To see with eyes unclouded by hate.
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Foreign Titles
- Prinzessin Mononoke (DE)
- Mononoke-hime (Princess Mononoke) (UK)
