Memorable

Rating: 8/10 (18 July 2019)

What does animated film might lack in depth the story or plot it makes up for in sheer charm, character, and visual beauty of the animation itself.
There's a really quirky, cute, and lovable feel to this film. It's childlike and surreal at times it makes you think of children stories are fairy tales, if that's juxtaposed with very real emotions and feeling and a sense of honesty of life. It somehow the film stays light-hearted and whimsical. The animation is absolutely gorgeous but in a sublime if not subdued kind of way. The story and the depth of the plot might be somewhat lacking in that they aren't complex, but the connection to the characters and their humanity give so many relatable threads throughout that you might almost overlook that.
I come away from this film, not feeling wowed and the way that I did with princess mononoke, but feeling like I've somehow been shown something that captures an essential character of childhood and innocence without watering down the emotional reality surrounding all that whimsy