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Howl's Moving Castle ( Hauru no ugoku shiro ) (2005) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
145 |
Avg. Rating: |
3.22/4 |
# of Ratings: |
276 |
Genres: |
Anime, Adventure |
Rating: |
PG |
Language: |
Japanese |
Theater Date: | 06/10/2005 |
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Director: |
Hayao Miyazaki, Rick Dempsey |
Actors: |
Christian Bale
Jean Simmons
Billy Crystal
Lauren Bacall
Emily Mortimer
Jena Malone |
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Plot Outline:
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A young woman finds herself the receipient of a curse and seeks out the secretive wizard Howl in order to break the spell.
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mitchellyoung 01/10/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
This isn't the most creative or beautiful Miyazaki film, but it still holds plenty of charm and memorable visual content. The plot gets a little hard-to-follow and murky in the middle, but the wit, inventive characters, and extraordinary animation are enough to make this a worthy part of the legendary director's filmography. |
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salivafan 03/17/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
4/4 |
Howls moving castle is one of my all time favorites. It is about a young teenage girl who seeks for help by a magical wizard named Howl. Apparently the young teenage girl has been cursed by the witch of the waste. She has been turned into an old lady and can only undo the curse by her one true love. I would recommend this to alot of anime fans like me. Especially people who love adventure and romance. |
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05/31/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Lesser but still charming Miyazaki film |
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Based on Dianna Wynne Jones' beloved novel, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE is the ninth animated feature from Hayao Miyazaki. It's about a young girl who becomes cursed with old age by a jealous witch; to break the spell she must travel to the titular structure and deal with its enigmatic owner, the charming yet mysterious wizard Howl and his carping fire demon, Calcifer. While I was admittingly disappointed with this movie upon my first viewing (I was expecting another action-adventure story along the walls of PRINCESS MONONOKE and CASTLE IN THE SKY; this film concludes in a more drawn-out manner than SPIRITED AWAY did), it has nonetheless grown on me and is very much another Miyazaki masterpiece. It's an undeniably gorgeous film, with imaginative set pieces and charming, characters that come acro... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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08/02/2007 (1 of 1 found this helpful) |
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Creative and fun |
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Normally I am not a big fan of this type of Japanese Animation. It always reminded me in the style of a number of poorly made American rip off's of good Japanese cartoons, but i have to say that Howl's Movie Castle surprised me. I found it to be a very interesting story and that it had a lot of great scenes. The idea was very creative and it really brought about a beautiful story that was well told. I guess the first thing that caught my attention was Billy Crystal doing one of the voices and because I really enjoy his type of humor, it helped pull me into the story a lot faster than I would have normally been.
The animation is very well done, being that I am always looking for new things in the field of animation I have to say that there were a number of things that had me completely i... |
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3/4 |
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