When Marnie Was There

José Neves

The best is a kind of ghostly Gothic-Romanesque which even recalls some of classic Hollywood films - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Rebecca, Portrait of Jennie, etc. etc. -, properly crossed with Freudian notes. The worst is a technically perfect animation but artistically disinvested of a bolder formal search, being more like a peaceful watercolor. It is a beautiful film that only occasionally reaches the unconscious.

Matthew Martens

I suspect--no, I'm certain--that my own sentimental attachment to Ghibli, forged by years of reliably indelible experiences as exhilarating and affecting as they've been impeccably crafted, is in large part responsible for my inability to hold this film's slightness and sentimentality against it. That we're all ghost-born and ghost-bearing seems always to have been near the center of this studio's cinema.

Kamran

A beautifully heartfelt poem emotionally conveying feelings both of loss and recovery. The film is tender; 'sweet' would be an apt term to describe it. How it deals with pain and therapy without being overt about mental distress or the magic of the unconscious mind is truly elegant. 87/100 - Excellent

smndvdcl

Ghibli in cruise control - an archetypal blend of domestic normality, rites-of-passage pre-adolescence and the foreshadowing of magical realms. Whilst films like 'Porco Rosso' and 'Princess Mononoke' appeal to an older demographic, 'While Marnie Was There' consolidates the studio back to its family-friendly filmmaking roots.

Daniel Roque

Biggest pointless lesbian tease ever. This is Studio Ghibli sold to America and lacks the fantasy that only it can provide, how sad.

Pedro Soares

Anna is probably the cutest character ever made by Studio Ghibli

ramasantputra

Having watched this movie is like the kind of feeling that your sorrow and loneliness nailed you down and you fell into the deep darkness alone, then you stood up, and finds sparks and sparks of lights appeared, leading you to the end of the nightmare, and when came out, you found the sunshine was warmer than ever.

Beatriz Félix

had a few glasses of wine before watching this and must admit that being tipsy made it seem kinda confusing, but turned out lovely. my emotions were left all over the place, still are