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| There is a word to describe Ponyo, and that word is magical. This poetic, visually breathtaking work by the greatest of all animators has such deep charm that adults and children will both be touched. It’s wonderful and never even seems to try: It unfolds fantastically. |
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| (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times) |
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| Ponyo is a charming adventure. |
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| (Claudia Puig, USA Today) |
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| Kids will understand the obvious moral of Ponyo, about being yourself. But as it is with Miyazaki's layered worlds, there's an even more dire message for the adults in the audience: You can spend your life hurrying from Point A to Point B, unaware that the world is crumbling underneath your feet. |
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| (Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle) |
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| Ponyo observes the everyday, magically and truthfully. |
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| (Mark Palermo, Coast, Halifax, Nova Scotia) |
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| Miyazaki refuses to be dismissed. |
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| (Marty Mapes, Movie Habit) |
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| Bliss Made Simple. |
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| (Joe Baltake, Passionate Moviegoer) |
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| Hiyao Miyazaki, bless him, continues to be an analog guy in animation's increasingly digital world |
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| (Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion) |
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| Lately, when I want to smile, I just think of Ponyo. |
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| (David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com) |
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| The sight of the giddy and newly bipedal Ponyo racing atop the waves of a magically roiling flood may be the happiest and most memorable image of the movie year. |
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| (John Beifuss, Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee) |
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| Children will love this. It's classic Miyazaki. |
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| (Ruth Hessey, MovieTime, ABC Radio National) |
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| Miyazaki effortlessly combines the marvellous and the mundane in his cinema. Visually, Ponyo is an imaginative, exhilarating work, but its vigour and energy are achieved with surprising simplicity. |
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| (Philippa Hawker, The Age, Australia) |
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| It is a delight, this film. There is so much imagination at work here. |
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| (Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies, Australia) |
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| Miyazaki has come up with another memorable film in Ponyo, which is roughly inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid... it’s incredibly beautiful as Miyazaki explores an amazing world of sea creatures and human beings. |
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| (David Stratton, At the Movies, Australia) |
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| It's one of Miyazaki's funniest and most intimate films so far, partly because of the engaging matter-of-factness with which he marries the extravagantly fantastic with the comforting realities of everyday life. |
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| (Sandra Hall, Sydney Morning Herald) |
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| Heralds a return to the child-like wonder of Miyazaki’s enduring My Neighbor Totoro. And what do you know? It’s another masterpiece. |
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| (Alex Lucas, Empire Magazine Australasia) |
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| Compared to the animated garbage that typically passes through stateside theaters, it's practically a godsend. |
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| (Matt Brunson, Creative Loafing) |
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| Exquisite artwork backgrounds makes us feel we are living the adventure inside a painting, while endearing characters keep us grounded in reality by delivering identifiable heart-felt emotions. It's the inventiveness and extraordinary detail that stands out. |
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| (Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile, Australia) |
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| An arresting work from an unmistakable film-making personality. |
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| (Peter Bradshaw, Guardian) |
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| His latest masterpiece... To really enjoy the film at its best seek out one of the cinemas showing the film in its original Japanese with subtitles. |
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| (Sukhdev Sandhu, Daily Telegraph) |
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