VarietyThe jury's still out on whether Goro Miyazaki can sustain his father's legacy as storyteller, though with its beautiful visu...
Hollywood ReporterGoro Miyazaki has made a sweetly old-fashioned anime with fine painterly compositions.
Village VoiceSome third-act revelations may really test the scales of plausibility, but Poppy Hill ultimately is not about its story as m...
New York Daily NewsEven with no wood sprites, witches or spells, there's plenty of magic in this coming-of-age charmer.
The New York TimesIts visual magic lies in painterly compositions of foliage, clouds, architecture and water, and its emotional impact comes f...
New York PostIt's the sort of movie that can prompt daydreams about inhabiting its world of flowers and hills, passing ships and harbor l...
Los Angeles TimesFrom Up on Poppy Hill is frankly stunning, as beautiful a hand-drawn animated feature as you are likely to see.
Wall Street JournalA film about many things-so many that the magic of Studio Ghibli's past has been displaced by exposition and earnest discuss...
Chicago Sun-TimesThe artistry is peaceful and comforting to the eyes but not especially stirring. Given the pictorial extremes that Studio Gh...
San Francisco ChronicleThis is a gentle film, hand-drawn with irresistible colors, that exudes nostalgia in a lovely way.
IGN MoviesFrom Up On Poppy Hill is a small film, with earthbound ambitions. It is a marked change from the thematically weighty Earths...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Writer: Tetsurô Sayama
Studio: Unknown
Cast: Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita
Release: July 16, 2011
Writer: Tetsurô Sayama
Studio: Unknown
Cast: Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita
Release: July 16, 2011
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