The Wind Rises Reviews
September 27, 2020
We have the master acknowledging that which has inspired his greatness.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4.0
September 26, 2020
A valentine to the creative spirit.
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| Original Score: 3/4
November 26, 2019
The Wind Rises is gorgeous filmmaking from one of the greatest animators of all time.
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| Original Score: 4/5
August 7, 2019
With a remarkable plastic beauty, everything that frames the action of 'The Wind Rises' is of an overwhelming visual virtuosity. [Full Review in Spanish]
July 4, 2019
Miyazaki is a master, and The Wind Rises is a tender, loving farewell to a truly glorious career.
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| Original Score: 4/4
June 11, 2019
Like its protagonist, and its auteur, these are tender and gentle brushes of exquisite genius.
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| Original Score: 5/5
May 9, 2019
It does have a lot of really lovely sequences.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
March 21, 2019
Miyazaki's swansong is every bit as masterful as Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle, tempered only by a bittersweet sadness which runs throughout.
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| Original Score: 4/5
February 22, 2019
I don't doubt the sincerity of Miyazaki's pacifism but I'm appalled by his abstract vision. Like, how many tens or hundreds of thousands of real people in Asia and the Pacific were de-animated thanks to [Jiro] Horikoshi's dreams?
January 18, 2019
It is everything Miyazaki loves and does best on full display.
October 10, 2018
On the subject of less is more, the film shines in smaller moments.
August 31, 2018
This is not a cartoon for children, but a vision both beautiful and horrific of the promise and perils of art.
January 5, 2018
This is apparently Miyazaki's final film: a delicate and eerie treat.
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| Original Score: 4/5
December 12, 2017
Miyazaki delivers a moving love story... [Full review in Spanish]
October 25, 2017
If The Wind Rises is indeed Miyazaki's last hurrah, he goes out on a graceful, all-encompassing note.
September 5, 2017
A beautiful--and now Oscar-nominated--swan song from Miyazaki, The Wind Rises is a breathtaking ode to what is and what could be.
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| Original Score: A-
July 14, 2016
In The Wind Rises as elsewhere, Miyazaki's artistry is undeniable, but the storytelling is flabby.
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| Original Score: 2/4
June 21, 2016
There's great humanity and great drama spread throughout, but all of it is given the careful, illuminating gleam of a dreamer's gaze.
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| Original Score: A-
June 14, 2016
The Wind Rises abstracts its own historical fabric by focussing on the tiny space between the stitches - on its psychological portrait and romantic plot.
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| Original Score: Recommended
March 21, 2016
Although the pacing of the film is odd, the images are gorgeous, and they say more than the dialogue.