Child of Kamiari Month

A cheap imitation of a Ghibli anime, this features all the typical clichés, but without eliciting any real emotion. You have the young spirited girl, the magical world she discovers, the strong emotions generated by her fridged mother, the cute companions, the important quest that for some reason depends on her efforts only and the dark villain. But at almost any level the main character is unsympathetic, her friends are pointlessly obtuse and without any credible reasoning for their actions, the villain is a shapeless blob that does absolutely nothing than lurk around and the quest is mired in feudal godly bureaucracy and small island mythology.

Bottom line: remove the fake Miyazaki veneer and all you have is a unlikeable girl running around because she enjoys it, but can't get herself to admit it because her mother died.

Deathly boring. Deathly annoying, and should be removed from existence. The movie can be cut down to 10mins without the wasted filler scenes. The protagonist is an annoying little girl, who when cries you want to push down a well and put a lid on it. I imagine this is how the girl from the ring was created really. The story plot is predictable and every essence of it screams of boredom and irritation. I skipped through so many scenes just to get to the end, and it even had an annoying ending.

Love the world but kinda boring. It lacks something, maybe due to the main character that lack sparks. Kanna kinda annoying. Great first part of the film then it went down onwards. Great music scores and animation style. Not a fan of the voice casts. Love the ending that kanna didnt get to see her mom she wanted to be at first. Recomended.

What a wonderful, beautiful film. Absolutely gorgeous animation and the story was so touching and moving that I found myself crying throughout. The film handles grief and moving forward so perfectly and it really hit home with me. I loved this so much that I almost gave it a 9. Please watch for yourself and do not let the haters sway you. This movie is fantastic.

The main story of the movie was confusing. It danced around what seems to be the point of the movie - mourning, loss, & grief. Instead of getting into the details of the main character's grief and sense of loss, the movie makes her seem like an ungrateful spoiled brat. She was so irritating that my children were scolding her for her behavior!

What's more, the movie was littered with plot armor that made even my children lose respect for the story. Halfway through the film they were treating it like a Ghibli Spoof film and making jokes.

To summarize, I feel that this film's premise was solid but the execution left a great deal to be desired.