From Up on Poppy Hill

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From Up on Poppy Hill

by normdonna950

I'm not a fan of animated movies. This one was an exception. The film leaves you feeling wonderfully calm. Beautiful story beautifully told. Lots of name actors voices playing even the smallest roles...

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ANIMATED FILM FROM JAPAN; IN ENGLISH; A DELIGHT FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE!

by Peneflix

I do not care for animation; even as a child I found it boring and enervating. If any film could convert me to the genre it is ?From Up On Poppy Hill?; it is an enchanting tale set in 1963, Yokohama,...

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Animation with heart

by Archie Moonshine

Studio Ghibli is known for movies such as My Friend Totoro, Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle. They have created some of the most amazing fantasy stories ever told or seen. This is not one of...

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Chicago Tribune
| Michael Phillips

Your kids may will fall in love with it, if you help them find it. Read full review

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Time Out New York
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From Up on Poppy Hill — cowritten by Miyazaki, and directed by his son Goro — shows a different side of the Japanese animation house, one that finds equal wonder in comparatively mundane affairs. Read full review

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New York Post
| Farran Smith Nehme

It’s a film heavily dependent on tone and atmosphere for its charm, the budding relationship shown through things like a lovely twilight bike ride down a hill to the shops below. Read full review

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NPR
| Scott Tobias

It's the warm tenor of the film that ultimately rescues it. Read full review

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A scene from "From Up on Poppy Hill."