Truly amazing and inspiring

Rating: 9/10 (29 October 1999)

This film works like clockwork and is spotless as a silicon chip in a vacuum-sealed semiconductor lab. Granted it's not as epic as "Nausicaa", the superb action sequences, the terrific accompanying score by Joe Hisashi, and the gritty harshness of its dramatic themes made "Princess Mononoke" a much tighter package, as well as a more elaborated version of the message put forth in "Nausicaa." I understand that Miramax's distribution and marketing of the film up to this point has been rather low-key, but I hope somehow this film will reach enough people to make a change in the mindset of the American public. A note to parents, this is not "My Neighbor Totoro" or "Kiki's Delivery Service." There is some violence in "Princess Mononoke" which may startle younger audiences.