Mary and The Witch's Flower

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Eric G This story is lacks interesting characters, it's hard to tell what the message is, the plot is very strange, and we get another slew of "original" creations which happen to just be different shaped blobs with smiley faces. Mary has no goals, no flaws, and does not seem to grow at all over the course of the story. The antagonists also seem to lack any motivation other then to conduct their evil experiment, the true purpose of which is totally unknown. There is no internal conflict, so the moral of the story is nonexistent. There are a myriad of unanswered questions. How is the evil experiment is supposed to change the world? How is it only Mary and her aunt have been the ones to find the flowers? How are the cats so smart? Why didn't Madame Mumblechook just ask Mary for the flower? If she had the power to transform all of the failed experiments back to their normal forms, why didn't she? Why didn't Flanagan help more? Finally, in true studio Gibi fashion we get blobs. Blobs with wings, blobs on fire, blobs with teeth, robot blobs, blob helmets, big blobs, small blobs, and so on, meanwhile every d-bag praises the background artwork like it's Salvatore Dali or something. The backgrounds are not bad, but in the realm of art, they are nothing to write home about. It passes the time, but I would not recommend it. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/28/24 Full Review Liam D Continuing on the legacy that Studio Ghibli’s legacy. It isn’t an perfect movie but it’s an solid and well crafted one Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/18/24 Full Review Korra N While not a Studio Ghibli production, Mary & The Witch's Flower still feels akin to the magical worlds created by Miyazaki, Takahata & company have created. Although, this film is not as breathtaking or imaginative, it instead gives into some cliches, but in a way that makes sense and feels natural. It's not a surprising watch, but it's still good and absolutely worth watching. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/14/24 Full Review Cesar R Production value wise the movie is great. The problem is that it’s a collection of tired cliche after tired cliche. For a movie so clearly inspired by studio Ghibli it offers nothing new and, ironically, very little magic. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/03/24 Full Review Bruce D Agree, a must for Studio Ghibli fans. This has some of the same delightful, surreal, abstract hand animation we saw in Ponyo, which I and others consider among the best of Miyazaki's features. This is Harry Potter Ghibli style, except it's also a cautionary tale about the attractive glamour and underlying dangers of dabbling in the occult. Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Also unusual here for children's anime is the lack of most background music. This lack forefronts the main character, her motivations and her choices in a wonderful way. The second movie by this Studio Ghibli spin-off, The Imaginary, has even more ambitious animation and a fresher feel. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/30/24 Full Review David F A charming little anime about a young girl on a quest. With cats. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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