Ponyo (2008)

Cautiously Recommended

Japan

Animated Feature Film

Original Title: 崖の上のポニョ

Writer/Director: Miyazaki Hayao

Cinematographer: Okui Atsushi

Composer: Hisaishi Jō

Cast: Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin, Betty White

In Miyazaki’s imaginative, good natured animated film, a five-year-old boy, whose father is always away at sea and whose mother is more than a tad batty, falls in love with a fish-girl hybrid who longs to be human; but when she gets her wish, the natural order is pushed out of balance, and the world’s oceans begin to rise, threatening to engulf humanity. Iain.Stott