| 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.
Wow, there’s some big names in the English voice cast.
From a visual perspective it was great but It kind of went over the head from a story perspective. Based on the reactions from the theater at the end everyone there felt the same. Someone help me please.
spoiler
Spoilers: Like what was the reason his aunt was in the chamber? Why did the heron make a fake version of his mom? What was the parakeets deal with capturing Hime just to drop her off and not make any demands. If his uncle wanted him there why were the sentient things so hostile toward him? What was the deal with the baby souls if this whole place was fiction?
One scene that was a bit confusing, one minute hes talking to the old guy about the building blocks, next minute he’s in parrot jail . also why didn’t the fire lady tell him who she was earlier
