Whisper of the Heart
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Movie Reviews of Whisper of the Heart
Movie Review: A heartwarming tale with a wonderful cast. (Volume 1: Part 10)
Summary: 5 Stars
When you watch a Studio Ghibli film you expect certain things. A fantastic cast of characters, an origional story line and moments that tug at all human emotions. 'Whisper of Heart' directed by Yoshifumi Kondo brings it all out in a heartwaming coming of age story.
Shazuku is a young 14 year old who is growing up following motions of ordinary life. Though she craves to live in the worlds of magic and fairytales, she always keeps brining herself back down to earth thinking she can never be her own person. Then with all the worries about getting into high school and helping her friends as they develop intrests in boys, her dreams are further from her reach than ever. Then one day she notices the same name showing up in all the library books she checked out and wonders who this mystery boy is who shares all these same intrests as her. Not realizing it's him at first she meets Saiji a guy with big ambitions and trying to find his own way to become a professional violin maker. Their friendship blossoms into a beautiful story like Shazukus' fairy tales and soon she is able to follow her dreams with the help of some unlikly friends.
'Whisper of the Heart' is such a warm movie that shows the togetherness of family, friendship and love. It is a movie that will whisk you away and melt your heart as you see a young girl realize that there is a place for her in the big world. All she has to do is listen to her heart.
Movie Review: Different from any other movie! I could watch it again and again.
Summary: 5 Stars
Whisper of the Heart is a heartwarming story that follows a young girl's journey to true love and realizing her talents.
The story line is unforgettable. It is unlike anything I have ever seen. It is a mixture of love, fantasy, mystery, and pure wonder. The main character Shizuku finds that a boy has read all the books she has, always coming up on the library card before her. She does everything trying to find him, and one day, after visiting an old antique shop filled with mystery, she runs into him. At first, their relationship is tense, and Shizuku finds the boy, Seiji, to be a bonafide jerk. Over time, they come to know eachother and realize eachothers interests. Shizuku wants to write a book, but doesn't think she has the talent. Seiji dreams of becoming a violin maker in Italy. They both incourage eachother to reach there goals and despite obstacles along the way, they do. They realize that they have fallen for eachother, and the last line of the movie is actually Seiji saying, "Shizuku! I love you!" The beauty of this movie almost brought tears to my eyes.
I very highly recommend this movie. It is wonderful for the whole family and teaches a lesson on life that we should not soon forget.
Movie Review: Master piece!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a writer and my goal in this career i have chosen is to tell stories about people and emotions and the things we go through in life.
having watched all the ghibli films released in america, i can say that this is probably my favorite next to spirited away.
words can't describe the sheer nakedness of the story and how the company has captured the innocent nature of "young adults".
i have noticed that all ghibli films touch on the human aspect of development and the coming of age story.
the characters act like real people and the movements and gestures make it seem more full than most anime.
i won't describe the plot since many below me have already done that. i just wanted to tell my experience with this film.
i purchased it the day it came out. along with howls moving castle.
i went home and watched it first. it totally captivated me and embraced me with it's honest feelings and truthfullness.
i highly recommend seeing this movie.
here's hope that ghibli and disney will release the other "lost" gems from their collection. "only yesterday" and "ocean waves"
cheers!
Movie Review: The Beauty all around Us
Summary: 5 Stars
Whisper of the Heart is a wonderful Ghibli movie; although the animation style shows a bit of age, the visual compositions, the magic that makes the ordinary suddenly special, the human touch and warmth of people all make that totally inconsequential. Even if the characters might not be the smooth and flashy style, their movements, the life in them, let alone the breathtaking backgrounds are better than almost anything modern animation has produced.
The plot itself doesn't read as anything exciting that would make one pick up the movie, but that would be a mistake; Whisper of the Heart is about idealism, about love, about the emotions that make us human, that make life worth living. This doesn't make it a boring chick flick or art movie, though. The characters have enough quirks and humor to them to keep even an action aficionado entertained.
There is nothing adult about this movie, in the best senses of that word. No foul language, no sex, no drugs, no drinking, no violence. This is the kind of movie that you can show to a child of any age, from seven to a hundred and seven, and the magic will be there. It is the kind of work that inspires faith in humanity.
Movie Review: an anime for all ages
Summary: 5 Stars
Whisper of the heart is a wonderful, gentle movie in which Miyazaki's love for children will warm the hearts of old and young alike.
The main character of the story is Shizuku, a girl at the threshold of her teenage years. In the movie she discover her strengths and weaknesses with the help of the Baron,(a statue of a cat), an old man who runs an curiosity store, (when he feels like it) and Seiji, a boy who has been in love with her for a long time and finally succeeds to make her notice him.
Seiji had dreams of becoming a violin maker and Shizuku wants to be a writer. Both of them find out that it takes schooling and hard work to reach their dreams.
Miyazaki has a wonderful way of portraying children, gentle and still very natural and realistic. When watching this movie I felt I got a glimps of life in Japan and wonder if this is a life of the past or if one still lives that way.
This movie will be enjoyed by kids of any school age and by anyone who loves children.