Fresh
What you get, above all, is some enchanting flashes of classic Miyazaki and the nagging sense that something essential is missing.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Howl's Moving Castle
A magician, a witch, a castle that has life. A fantastic journey into the world of imagination.
2004 · 1h 59m · PG
Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki
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Howl's Moving Castle
Overview
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
Director and cast
- Hayao Miyazaki Director
- Chieko Baisho as Sophie (voice)
- Takuya Kimura as Howl (voice)
- Akihiro Miwa as Witch of the Waste (voice)
- Tatsuya Gashuin as Calcifer (voice)
- Ryunosuke Kamiki as Markl (voice)
- Mitsunori Isaki as Kosho (voice)
- Yo Oizumi as Prince Justin / Turnip Head (voice)
- Akio Otsuka as King of Ingary (voice)
- Daijirō Harada as Heen (voice)
- Haruko Katō as Madame Suliman (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
What a moveable feast of delights.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
A strange delight awash in visual splendor, understated humor and clever body-and-soul transmogrifications among its bonny band of weirdos.
David Germain, Associated Press
Fresh
A richly inventive and enchanting delight.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
A stunning example of a pure, disorienting dream logic that cinema provides all too rarely.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
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