This animated film is
based on the book The Little Broomstick, Mary and the Witch’s Flower by British
author Mary Stewart published in 1971. Mary
has recently moved to the country to live in the village of Red Manor with her
Great-Aunt Charlotte. Her parents
will be arriving later. She feels lonely and she doesn’t think
there are any other friends for her to hang out with because it’s summer. She follows a mysterious cat into the
nearby forest. She discovers an
old broomstick and the strange Fly-by-Night flower. It’s a rare plant that blossoms only once every seven years
and only in this forest. The
broomstick takes Mary to Endor College.
It’s a rare school of magic run by Madam Mumblechook and Doctor
Dee. Things are happening at the
school that need to be changed. Mary
may be the only one able to make the changes?
There is a LOT of
fantasy in this film and some of the scenes may be scary for younger
children. Doctor Dee turns many
animals into other types of creatures. None of the animals are happy about the changes!! Mary feel like she fit into her new neighborhood? She has wild red hair and the only
person her age that she knows is Peter.
103
min, animation directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Giles New with the voices
of Hana Sugisaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yuki Amami, Fumiyo Kohinata, Hikari
Mitsushima, Jiro Sato, Ken’ichi Endo, Eri Watanabe, Shinobu Otake, Ikue Otani,
Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet.
Note: Imdb 6.8 out of 10, 88% critic 70%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3*, Metacritic 75 out of 100 6.9 user
score with 51 reviews, Common Sense Media age 8+, positive messages 4*, role
models 4*, violence and scariness 3*, Empire Online 4* out of 5*, Amazon 4.5*
out of 5* with 301 reviews, Guardian 4* out of 5*, Telegraph 5* out of 5*.
Special
Note: This is the debut film of
Studio Ponoc. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
is a former colleague of the artists at Studio Ghibli. He worked on Spirited Away, Howl’s
Moving Castle and Onyo. He
directed When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty.
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