| RELEASE DATE | RUNTIME | IMDB | ROTTENTOMATOES | METACRITIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8th, 2023 | 2hr 4m | 7.6 | 97% | 92 |
Premise:
A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
Director(s):
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer(s):
Hayao Miyazaki
| JAPANESE VOICE CAST | ENGLISH VOICE CAST | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soma Santoki | … | Luca Padovan | … | Mahito Maki (voice) |
| Masaki Suda | … | Robert Pattinson | … | The Grey Heron (voice) |
| Takuya Kimura | … | Christian Bale | … | Shoichi Maki (voice) |
| Aimyon | … | Karen Fukuhara (as Lady Himi) | … | Himi (voice) |
| Kô Shibasaki | … | Florence Pugh | … | Kiriko (voice) |
| Yoshino Kimura | … | Gemma Chan | … | Natsuko (voice) |
| Shohei Hino | … | Mark Hamill (as Granduncle) | … | Great-Uncle (voice) |
| Jun Kunimura | … | Dave Bautista | … | The Parakeet King (voice) |
| Kaoru Kobayashi | … | Willem Dafoe (as Noble Pelican) | … | Old Pelican (voice) |
Just got out… It makes an interesting bookend with Spirited Away, lost parents, a journey through the spirit world, an interesting mix of both Western and Eastern archetypes.
+1 - will watch again!
Haven’t seen the movie but if you told me the trailer was an AI recreation of Spirited Away I would have believed it.
I’d definitely recommend seeing it. It’s really nothing like Spirited Away outside of both having a kid going into another world. The themes have some crossover but are not really the same.
Ok cool! I was looking forward to it anyhow, the animation quality alone looks amazing.
It truly is. Smoother animation and so much detail.
Wow, there’s some big names in the English voice cast.
Well I very much enjoyed it. It’s perhaps Miyazaki’s most beautiful film. There’s so much detail and the animation is top notch. I was particularly impressed with the sound design.
I saw the English Dub, since I’ve never watched any Ghibli film dubbed before and this has a stacked cast. Ill rewatch it in Japanese at some point. They were all great, especially the kid who plays Mahito, Luca Padovan. Christian Bale, while good, felt a little like he was in a different movie with his regional American accent he was doing, that no one else did. Robert Pattinson’s voice was completely unrecognizable and I continue to praise him despite all the people hating on him because they only know him from Twilight.
The themes of getting over grief/anger are present like a lot of Ghibli films and they are done so well here. Well deserving to be Miyazaki’s last film and a great addition to his legacy.
