Fascinating...

Rating: Null/10 (23 July 2003)

Warning: This might contain minor spoilers...
Having liked "San" (Mononoke Hime) a lot after having been dragged into I guessed I'd may appreciate "Sen" as well... Having reached my fourth decade I'm usually somewhat shy if it comes to "children's movies", but I was most pleasantly surprised. This masterpiece of imagination and inspiration offers fun and suspense to the youngest, fun and a bit to think about to the young and a springwell of fascination to about everyone else (well, judging by some of the comments displayed over here, not quite everyone...). Anyway, I'd have never thought that a movie thus laden with morals and advice might work, but it does. There's a lot to learn from it:
1. Don't be greedy. 2. Don't whine, do something instead. 3. Be kind to others. 4. You can't buy friendship. 5. If someone misbehaves, don't give him up. 6. If all else fails, an emetic might help...
I give it a 9.5/10 --- the hopping lantern was just too much for me and the all too sudden ending did leave a thing or two to be desired...

P.S.: I love Noh-Face, and that's not 'cos I habitually like tall dark strangers as one might expect! But, has anyone noticed its perfectly good manners at Zeniba's tea-party?