Ponyo is a magical little female fish that loves a little boy.
She wants to become human. Nothing complicated. Ponyo is just a beautiful love story drawn with brilliant, clashing colors, non-symmetrical characters and a short, to-the-point moral.
-- Times, trailer, theaters.
Children, whose real-life drawings are much like writer/director Hayao Miyazakis style, instantly recognize and understand where hes going and love his movies.
Adults of course love them, too. Miyazaki is the best and best known of animes artists. For a couple of decades he has proved you dont need CGI generated characters, three-dimensions, and all of the splashes and dashes of modern animation to make a great movie.
And in every one of Miyazakis movies there is one character that I fall in love with and want to rip off of the screen and take home with me.
This time, its Ponyo.
Mr. Movie rating: 5 stars
Rated G. It opens Friday, Aug. 14 at Regals Columbia Mall 8.
5 stars to 4 1/2 stars: Must see on the big screen
4 stars to 3 1/2 stars: Good film, see it if it's your type of movie.
3 stars to 2 1/2 stars: Wait until it comes out on video.
2 stars to 1 star: Don't bother.
0 stars: Speaks for itself.
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