When Marnie Was There: Very possibly the final film from the legendary Studio Ghibli — which took home the 2002 Oscar for Best Animated Feature for Spirited Away — this is a sweet, almost slight tale of a girl who feels estranged from her family finding solace with a new (imaginary?) (decider.com)
The latest Studio Ghibli import (directed by the animation studio's 78 - year - old co-founder, Isao Takahata) features a stunning, hand - drawn animation style, a classic Japanese tale of a girl found inside a bamboo stalk, and (in this American release) the voices of Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, and Mary Steenburgen. (metacritic.com)
The age old tale of girl meets boy, girl decapitates boy due to zombie infection and goes on a killing spree just warms my heart. (ps3attitude.com)