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Gentle and nostalgic, From Up on Poppy Hill is one of Studio Ghibli's sweeter efforts -- and if it doesn't push the boundaries of the genre, it remains as engagingly lovely as Ghibli fans have come to expect.
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A gently lyrical diversion for Ghibli die-hards ... a gentle snooze for others. August 12, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A gently lyrical diversion for Ghibli die-hards ... a gentle snooze for others.
Guy Lodge
It ... arrives with the vast reserves of patience, optimism and artistry we've come to expect from this studio. August 1, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It ... arrives with the vast reserves of patience, optimism and artistry we've come to expect from this studio.
Mike McCahill
The incest-scare subplot never trips up the movie's charm. And there's a haunting reverberance, very Hayao Miyazaki, to the war memories that empower the parental back-stories. August 1, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The incest-scare subplot never trips up the movie's charm. And there's a haunting reverberance, very Hayao Miyazaki, to the war memories that empower the parental back-stories.
Nigel Andrews
Not up there with the Ghibli masterworks of yore, but still a bounty of ideas and emotions. August 1, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Not up there with the Ghibli masterworks of yore, but still a bounty of ideas and emotions.
David Jenkins
You don't watch a Studio Ghibli film so much as sink into it like a hot spring, with groans of delight. August 1, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
You don't watch a Studio Ghibli film so much as sink into it like a hot spring, with groans of delight.
Robbie Collin
The gorgeous score and subtle visual craft save this entry in the Ghibli canon from mediocrity. But given what the studio is capable of, it's not everything fans will be hoping for. July 30, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The gorgeous score and subtle visual craft save this entry in the Ghibli canon from mediocrity. But given what the studio is capable of, it's not everything fans will be hoping for.
Catherine Bray
It's a sweet, simple movie about likable people growing up and figuring out who they are. March 13, 2019 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
It's a sweet, simple movie about likable people growing up and figuring out who they are.
Rachel Wagner
Accompanied by a joyous, honky-tonk score from Satoshi Takebe and earnestly voiced by its leads, this is a perfectly rendered world that quietly throbs with sadness and thrums with modern progress. February 27, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Accompanied by a joyous, honky-tonk score from Satoshi Takebe and earnestly voiced by its leads, this is a perfectly rendered world that quietly throbs with sadness and thrums with modern progress.
Ivan Radford
This 1960s-set melodrama carries such deep currents of emotion and so much affection for its sweet-natured characters, that by the end I was pretty sure it would rank among my two or three favorites from the studio. July 2, 2018 | Full Review…
This 1960s-set melodrama carries such deep currents of emotion and so much affection for its sweet-natured characters, that by the end I was pretty sure it would rank among my two or three favorites from the studio.
Charles Webb
The atmosphere is so potent, so rich and distinct that it overshadows the meagerness of the story which is really little more than a kitschy soap opera. August 17, 2017 | Full Review…
The atmosphere is so potent, so rich and distinct that it overshadows the meagerness of the story which is really little more than a kitschy soap opera.
Dorothy Woodend
A rather mediocre film...And yet, even with all of its faults, I still find myself oddly swept up in its familial drama. May 25, 2014 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
A rather mediocre film...And yet, even with all of its faults, I still find myself oddly swept up in its familial drama.
Christopher Runyon
If this Ghibli creation is smaller in scale than many of the company's films, it certainly doesn't lack for heart or soul. I was swept away in it. January 2, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
If this Ghibli creation is smaller in scale than many of the company's films, it certainly doesn't lack for heart or soul. I was swept away in it.
Martin Roberts
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