Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5060034573425
Format: Animated, PAL
Label: Optimum Home Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Optimum Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Optimum Home Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: February 27, 2006
Running Time: 104 minutes
Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment

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Rating: - Another Great Ghibli
A real charmer this, another great Ghibli film.

In terms of pacing and story this is closer to My Neighbour Totoro than to the more action-packed Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away but this is certainly not a criticism.

The plot, as much as it has one, centres on Kiki - a 13 year old witch - trying to make a business for herself in a big city away from her parents. Being young and a learner she finds this harder to accomplish than she expected but ends up living with a ... Read More

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Rating: - Wonderful animated feature by Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki animated feature of a 13-old year witch leaving his parents and settling in a new town to form a (broom-based) delivery service is irresistible. As in many of his movies, the protagonist here is a plucky heroine defying all odds. What I found most enjoyable about the movie - though - is its background details. Miyazaki loves European culture - and the movie is set in never land Europe - a fantasy Europe that never existed. A lot of the clothes and the technology suggests the 1950s and ... Read More

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Rating: - Touching story, plush animation and lovely music
One of the loveliest of Studio Ghibli's films. It's a gentle film, very pleasing for children, but there is still something sinister going on in the subtext. One of the old ladies looks and sounds suspiciously like a proper Miyazaki witch (see Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle). It is when Kiki visits her that her powers start to ebb away. Only on her second visit to do they return. On the surface, though, the ebb and flow of Kiki's powers is determined by her levels of self-cofidence and self-belief. ... Read More

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Rating: - A broom, a blimp, and a cute sarcastic cat!
This isn't the strongest of Ghibli fare, but maybe that's because studio Ghibli have produced some absolutely corking films. The cat Jiji, and Kiki herself are great characters, but I didn't warm as much to the others.

The story tells of how the 13 year old witch Kiki comes of age and leaves her home to spend a year away. I don't think "the city" is ever given a name, but it certainly looks like a European city. Here she finds a place to stay and gets herself an admirer.

The film is ... Read More

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Rating: - Kiki's delivery service
Kiki's delivery service is another charming and warm film from the excellent studio Ghibli. It follows a witch as she tries to go it alone in the wider world and looks at the friends she makes and the adventures she has. It isn't as surreal as other Ghibli films, such as 'Spirited Away' or 'Porco Rosso', but it does have the usual high class animation. Even scenes without any major benefit to the story are rendered so beautifully that every second of the film is a delight to watch. This film would be great ... Read More

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