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Mary and the Witch's Flower honors its creator's Studio Ghibli roots with a gentle, beautifully animated story whose simplicity is rounded out by its entrancing visuals.
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It is another example of that remarkable way in which Japanese animation is reviving the memory of classic English children's literature from the 1960s and 70s - otherwise forgotten in its native land. May 3, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It is another example of that remarkable way in which Japanese animation is reviving the memory of classic English children's literature from the 1960s and 70s - otherwise forgotten in its native land.
Peter Bradshaw
The animators invoke worlds upon worlds in Mary and the Witch's Flower. Jan 20, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The animators invoke worlds upon worlds in Mary and the Witch's Flower.
Sheila O'Malley
Compared with most so-called family entertainment, Mary and the Witch's Flower deserves to be ranked high. Jan 19, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Compared with most so-called family entertainment, Mary and the Witch's Flower deserves to be ranked high.
Jake Wilson
With Mary and the Witch's Flower, [Studio Ponoc has] come both too close and not close enough, resulting in an adventure that can never climb out of the uncanny valley it digs for itself. Jan 18, 2018 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
With Mary and the Witch's Flower, [Studio Ponoc has] come both too close and not close enough, resulting in an adventure that can never climb out of the uncanny valley it digs for itself.
David Ehrlich
It shows tremendous promise, even if the movie exists so obviously at the mercy of its influences, and Yonebayashi at his. Jan 18, 2018 | Full Review…
It shows tremendous promise, even if the movie exists so obviously at the mercy of its influences, and Yonebayashi at his.
Andrew Lapin
A gentle, sweet story, told with painterly artistry. Jan 18, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A gentle, sweet story, told with painterly artistry.
Moira MacDonald
Riotous fun and an affecting story, demonstrating that Studio Ponoc is bursting with creative potential. Feb 13, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Riotous fun and an affecting story, demonstrating that Studio Ponoc is bursting with creative potential.
Rachel Brook
The most outstanding part of Mary and The Witch's Flower is the astonishing visuals. Feb 6, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The most outstanding part of Mary and The Witch's Flower is the astonishing visuals.
Rachel Wagner
Mary and the Witch's Flower is basically a greatest hits album of Studio Ghibli tropes and elements, but it's a very well-assembled one that proves if the formula ain't broke, why bother fixing it? Jan 17, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Mary and the Witch's Flower is basically a greatest hits album of Studio Ghibli tropes and elements, but it's a very well-assembled one that proves if the formula ain't broke, why bother fixing it?
Harris Dang
As the little boy sitting behind me whispered to his mom near the end: "Is it almost over? Because I never want it to end." Jan 12, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
As the little boy sitting behind me whispered to his mom near the end: "Is it almost over? Because I never want it to end."
Nathanael Hood
It's a very loose adaptation of the book, as was Howl's Moving Castle and Arrietty, but there's charm in the mix of English kid-lit tropes and the sort of wild imagination cultivated in Japanese animation. Dec 11, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's a very loose adaptation of the book, as was Howl's Moving Castle and Arrietty, but there's charm in the mix of English kid-lit tropes and the sort of wild imagination cultivated in Japanese animation.
Helen O'Hara
An entertaining and friendly personal journey with classicism in precepts about personal worth, ambition and respect for nature. [Full Review in Spanish] Oct 16, 2018 | Full Review…
An entertaining and friendly personal journey with classicism in precepts about personal worth, ambition and respect for nature. [Full Review in Spanish]
Mariana Fernández
It looks like a Studio Ghibli film, it feels like one and it even sounds like one. Yet... Hiromasa Yonebyashi's latest effort is the first film of a subsequent studio; 'Studio Ponoc' founded from his former employers at Ghibli hence the character designs look so similar honoring their past legacies in this latest animated offering from the Japanese. Funnily enough I saw this film in it's English dub, featuring a cast of talented well known names and adopting a unique audible focus on it's English Countryside setting, which actually fits really well. However, despite the animation being as every bit flawless as you might expect from the Ghibli films of the past, I couldn't help but notice this film taking incidentally taking queues or beats other Ghibli films had done before. Nonetheless, despite this being an adaption of Mary Stewart's 'The Little Broomstick', it's visual palette makes up for more than enough of a satisfying viewing experience, even if it's story makes less of an emotional impact than one might think. While this film might be the lesser of Hiromasa Yonebyashi's films, it still show he's one of the brightest minds working in anime in this day and age. Here's to hoping Ponoc will continue the legacy Ghibli left behind even if the former studio itself won't surface.
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