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Name: Mary and The Witch's Flower
Released: 2018-1-19
Cast: Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner

Mary and The Witch's Flower

PG
1h 43m
2017

89%

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From Academy Award nominee Hiromasa Yonebayashi, director of When Marnie Was There and key animator on Spirited Away, comes the first film from Studio Ponoc, a dazzling new adventure about a young girl who discovers a flower that grants her magical powers – but only for one night. Mary is an ordinary young girl stuck in the country with her Great-Aunt Charlotte when she discovers an old broomstick and the strange flower that blossoms only once every seven years. Suddenly, Mary finds herself whisked away to Endor College – a school of magic run by Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But the school is not all that it seems, and when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her life to try to set things right.

Director:

Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Giles New

Producer:

Yoshiaki Nishimura, Geoffrey Wexler

Writer:

Riko Sakaguchi, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, David Freedman, Lynda Freedman

Cast:

Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

89%

Critics Consensus: Mary and the Witch's Flower honors its creator's Studio Ghibli roots with a gentle, beautifully animated story whose simplicity is rounded out by its entrancing visuals.

Reviews

Vague Visages

Caroline Cao

While it doesn’t pop with philosophical resonance like Ghibli pictures, it has enough fairy dust in its sleeves to keep you transfixed and rooting for the heroine.

[Director Hiromasa] Yonebayashi was an animator for Hayao Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli and he honors the master’s work with his sweet, playful film (adapted from a children’s novel by British author Mary Stewart) and his young heroine.

April 14, 2023

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Charlotte Harrison

A really charming coming-of-age fantasy story that will linger with you long after watching.

It might not reach the lofty heights of Your Name's transcendent beauty, but it's an emotional and enthralling adventure with visual flourishes of supernatural beauty.

Mary and the Witch's Flower submerges itself in Studio Ghibli levels of imagination, beautiful color, likeable characters, and dazzlingly fluid animation for a final product that is creatively captivating to audiences of all ages.

September 2, 2019

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