Not all its cracked up to be

Rating: 5/10 (19 March 2000)

"Go and see this movie. You won't be disappointed"
I was disappointed. While certainly a well-animated and relatively unique picture, Mononoke Hime is far from a great picture.
It suffers from too major problems: Corny dialogue and pointless elements. While the first might be do to poor translation, the second surely is not. Ideas are introduced but not developed several times. Other apparent plot elements disappear without explanation, never to return again.

Yes, there are much better animated pictures out there. Antz, for example, has many significant advantages over Mononoke Hime.