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Movie critics combined give Princess Mononoke (1999) a score of 2.8879 out of 4
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Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.49 out of 4 stars for Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
This mythological tale set in ancient times when the great forest gods battled with the humans infringing upon their sacred domain is directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Japan's leading animator. The English dubbed version was scripted by Neil Gaiman, creator ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.49 out of 4 stars for DVDBeaver DVDBeaver
Hayao Miyazaki is a great animator, and his "Princess Mononoke" is a great film. Do not allow conventional thoughts about animation to prevent you from seeing it. It tells an epic story set in medieval Japan, at the dawn of the Iron Age, when some men ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at DVDBeaver
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.48 out of 4 stars for Movie ram-blings (Ram Samudrala)Movie ram-blings (Ram Samudrala)
Princess Mononoke is also a love story involving two primary protagonists, Ashitaka (Billy Crudup) and San (Claire Danes). It takes place in ancient Japan, as the Iron Age begins. Ashitaka, a warrior in a Japanese village isolated from the Japanese ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Movie ram-blings (Ram Samudrala)
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.47 out of 4 stars for Tempi ModerniTempi Moderni
L’autore del cartoon, ma i giapponesi lo chiamano "anima", Hayao Miyazaky (venerato dallo stesso John Lasseter (Toy Story I e II) si ispira nella storia alle leggende delle gesta di principi e samurai dell’era Muromachi (1392-1573). Ciononostante si ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Tempi Moderni
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.46 out of 4 stars for Film Scouts (Debra Lass)Film Scouts (Debra Lass)
Mapping, morphing, particleanimation. If these terms send a welcome shiver of anticipation down your spine, then you'll be pleased to know that "Princess Mononoke", Hayao Miyazaki's animated import from Japan, combines the best of digital technology with ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Film Scouts (Debra Lass)
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.45 out of 4 stars for DVDRAMADVDRAMA
Inutile de chercher la petite bête : l'image de cette nouvelle édition de Princesse Mononoke est exactement la même que celle de la précédente, avec ses même qualités à savoir des couleurs resplendissantes, une superbe définition, et une ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at DVDRAMA
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.44 out of 4 stars for Kino (Alessandro Bencivenni)Kino (Alessandro Bencivenni)
Hayao Miyazaki è senza dubbio uno dei massimi artisti viventi nel campo dell'animazione. Ben noto agli appassionati, è tuttavia quasi sconosciuto al grande pubblico, poiché i suoi film hanno avuto pochissima distribuzione fuori dal Giappone e sono ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Kino (Alessandro Bencivenni)
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.43 out of 4 stars for Film Freak CentralFilm Freak Central
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Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.43 out of 4 stars for DVDRAMADVDRAMA
Les images sont globalement d'excellente tenue. Les couleurs sont pimpantes et limpides. La fluidité des mouvements rapides ne pose aucun problème. Le 16/9ème sublime une définition tout à fait convenable. On reprochera seulement un master qui n'est ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at DVDRAMA
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.41 out of 4 stars for CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
Accade raramente, anzi: molto raramente, che un cartone animato non prodotto da una major statunitense (leggi Disney e Dreamworks) esca nei nostri cinema. Sulla scia di “Pokemon” arriva dal Giappone questo splendido lavoro di Hayao Miyazaki. ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.41 out of 4 stars for DVDRAMADVDRAMA
Bien évidemment et les puristes seront ravis, c’est la piste japonaise en DD 5.1 qui se montre la plus précise et la plus nuancée. Bien équilibrée, elle offre la meilleure séparation des canaux. Outre l'énorme capacité des basses, elle met ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at DVDRAMA
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.38 out of 4 stars for The Boston PhoenixThe Boston Phoenix
Acclaimed Animator Hayao Miyazaki'S Heart-Stopping Art Direction Helped His Medieval Myth Of Chivalry And Environmental Activism Break Japanese Box-Office Records. The English Translation By Neil Gaiman Is Nicely Voiced By The Likes Of Claire Danes, ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at The Boston Phoenix
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.35 out of 4 stars for reVisionreVision
Miti e leggende sono l'immaginario della storia umana, rivelano le caratteristiche antropologiche, culturali e psicologiche di popoli. Gli elementi figurativi, che ricorrono nella creazione artistica, fin dai tempi in cui gli uomini primitivi incidevano ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at reVision
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for LeisureSuit.netLeisureSuit.net
Princess Mononoke, directed by Japanese filmmaker and environmentalist Hayao Miyazaki and released in 1997, was Japan's largest grossing film ever. Now that it's finally released in the States, with a brilliant English adaptation by writer and cult ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at LeisureSuit.net
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Princess Mononoke is a two-hour and fifteen minute-long, violent, animated Japanese movie set in the 14th Century. If your first inclination after hearing that description is something other than to rush out and see it, then read on. This is an unusual ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for The Daily Yomiuri (Aaron Gerow)The Daily Yomiuri (Aaron Gerow)
It is testimony to the importance of animation in the Japanese film world that the most successful filmmaker in any genre in the last thirteen years - both financially and critically - has without a doubt been Miyazaki Hayao. His epic tales of chivalry ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at The Daily Yomiuri (Aaron Gerow)
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
Miramax's long-awaited English-dubbed release of the smash 1997 Japanese Anime, "Princess Mononoke" is a curious concoction that perplexes as much as it impresses--a peculiar attempt to mainstream a school of animation that has never achieved more than ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
One of the most popular and successful films in the history of Japanese cinema, "Princess Mononoke" is not, by any stretch, the best Anime ever made. It's scarcely in a league with "Akira" or "Wicked City," though for the Japanese, the medieval story ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.07 out of 4 stars for cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
"Princess Mononoke" es una obra más del decano de la animación japonesa, Hayao Miyazaki. Virtualmente todos los animadores trabajando en cine (incluyendo los cuasi-esclavos de Disney) veneran al Sr. Miyazaki por su increíble talento, visión y ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for IMDB.comIMDB.com
The gist is, I was a bit disappointed, because I am a big fan of This Guy (I don't know his English name . . . he's the main artist and creator of several popular anime flicks such as this one); but this project did not exceed the quality of his ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at IMDB.com
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for IMDB.comIMDB.com
"Mononoke" is set in Japan's Iron Age, "the days of gods and demons," according to the narration. While saving his village from an attacking Curse God (which looks like a gigantic, maggotinfested boar), the young hero As**taka (voice of Billy Crudup) is ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at IMDB.com
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for CinescapeCinescape
A rare mix of big-budget anime, full-blooded fantasy, moral ambiguity and underlying humanity, this is the most successful Japanese film ever made and the second biggest non-English language film worldwide (after LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL). Hayao Miyazaki's most ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Cinescape
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
As spectacular as it is dense and as dense as it is colorful and as colorful as it is meaningless and as meaningless as it is long. ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for FILMtabs FILMtabs
Das muss man gesehen haben! Man glaubt nicht, dass "Prinzessin Mononoke" Zeichentrick ist. Genauer: Der japanische Erfolgsfilm erzählt derartig packend und mitreiÃźend, dass man immer wieder vergisst, dass es "nur" Zeichentrick ist. Nach langer ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at FILMtabs
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for Planet Confusion Planet Confusion
Mit den beiden Verletzten schlägt sich Ashitaka durch zu deren Siedlung durch. Kleine Waldgeister weisen ihm den Weg. SchlieÃźlich gelangen die Drei nach Tatara Ba, einer stark befestigten Eisenhütte am FuÃźe des Heiligen Berges. Die Herrin der ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Planet Confusion
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for 6nema 6nema
Sorti au Japon en 1997, le chef-d'œuvre de l'auteur de Porco Rosso et de Mon voisin Totoro a nécessité trois ans de travail et coûté plus de 2 milliards de yen (125 millions de francs). Hayao Miyazaki s'est intéressé aux mythes et légendes d'une ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at 6nema
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for IMDB.comIMDB.com
He also meets Princess Mononoke. She lives with an extremely large wolf pack and is trying to save the forest. Her destiny is to kill Lady Eboshi to save the forest and all of the animals living in it. A tribe of boars also enters the picture when they ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at IMDB.com
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
I only have room here to say that there are ravishments to be found in the legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, set in a mythic fourteenth century where forest creatures and demons and humans war against a wash of exquisite ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Mr. Showbiz (Michael Atkinson)Mr. Showbiz (Michael Atkinson)
Wacky, vividly conceived but mundanely executed cartoon fantasy. ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Mr. Showbiz (Michael Atkinson)
Princess Mononoke (1999) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for CinescapeCinescape
With the release of Princess Mononoke to DVD, Walt Disney Home Video has given anime fans and lovers of quality animation a reason to rejoice. Although an English-language version of director Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece has been available for rent on ...read the complete Princess Mononoke movie review at Cinescape
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