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Ponyo
A goldfish princess encounters a human boy named Sosuke who named her Ponyo. Now she longs to become a human, but a series of adventures results in spills of a collection of magical elixirs that endanger Sosuke's village.
9 February 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA
27 March 1947, Toyama, Japan
19 June 1946, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
2 January 1938, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 January 2000, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
25 October 1961, Matsuyama, Japan
August 19, 2009
Ponyo hasn't changed my mind about Miyazaki. But I'm willing to accept and enjoy this little window into the dream life of fish.
July 06, 2010
Even when the film feels murky, Miyazaki's painterly eye keeps things afloat
July 22, 2012
The fantasy elements are so seamlessly blended with real elements. There is very little disbelief by the characters, and you want to believe yourself by the end.
August 27, 2009
Children will love this. It's classic Miyazaki.
February 17, 2012
Apart from the ecofriendly message, we have, as always, Miyazaki's magnificently inventive animation, which is almost enough to carry the day.
April 21, 2014
Not as profound as Miyazaki's other works, but the fact that an animated children's film actually has the brains to go for larger, resonant themes is worth congratulation.
July 14, 2011
There's still plenty of gorgeous eye-candy to keep adults going if they've taken their kids along for some unthreatening entertainment.
August 20, 2009
One of the anime master's weaker efforts.
April 04, 2011
Let's say you have a five-year-old child who's not all caught up in the details of boring, mundane reality. Here's that kid's new favorite movie.
May 06, 2013
Miyazaki's ode to motherhood; the sea is the greatest nurturer of all. The underwater sequences are some of Ghibli's most luminous, complex reflections of nature's teeming beauty.
February 16, 2010
We're drawn under the waves of the sea to a hidden enclave of neon-hued aqualife more vibrant, surreal and enchanting than any of the floating 3D whatsits in 'Avatar'.

