simply magic

Rating: Null/10 (16 November 2004)

I love Miyazaki!!! This film is he at his best. Beautifully drawn, brilliantly directed and fantastic in every other way. This is one of the all time greats of animated cinema. All the characters are lovable (even the "evil" witch Yubaba), and the storyline never lets up flowing from scene to scene with a magical effortlessness that only Miyazaki could pull off. All this in a rich and wonderfully detailed setting.
This probably the only film that I have made others watch, and every last one of them enjoyed it on some level.
My kids aren't going to grow up watching stale old Disney, its Miyazaki all the way.
10/10