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- 10:32 PM, Mar 29
the best-looking and most complex animated film of the year to-dateby James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
so good that it shames virtually every animated filmby Jeffrey M. Anderson [SPLICEDwire: Film Reviews, News and Interview ]
Miyazaki produces another charming and inventive fairy tale every bit as good as his past offeringsby Edward Douglas [Comingsoon ]
Howl's Moving Castle is at best in the shadow of Spirited Away, almost equaling the latter in artistic merits and styleby Le Apprenti [Movie-Vault ]
Hayao Miyazaki's wonderful movieby Jonathan Rosenbaum [Chicago Reader ]
contains so much beautiful and inspired workby Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain Reviews ]
contains 10 times more imagination, wonder, and sheer visual beauty than anything you'll find in Hollywood animation or boilerplate Japanese anime these days.by Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]
boast an emotional depth that makes the average Hollywood blockbuster feel like Saturday-morning fodderby David Kronke [L.A. Daily News ]
another sophisticated animation from Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazakiby Richard James Havis [The Hollywood Reporter ]
a visually stunning work and will be remembered as one of the best animation films of the yearby Robin and Laura Clifford [Reeling Reviews ]
a staggering work of imagination.by Tim Knight [Reel.com ]
a richly inventive, slightly eerie animated movie from Japan.by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News ]
a great animated featureby Michael Wilmington [Chicago Tribune ]