Wolf Children

The film works as the simplest of fairy tales, so scrumptious you'll want to devour it whole.

It's a fairytale in a real-life setting, photorealistically drawn in shifting light that rivals Monet or GTA5.

Love between two species has rarely seemed more intense, more natural, or more ineffably sad.

On the basis of this elegiac family saga, Studio Ghibli should really think about hiring director Mamoru Hosoda.

The detailed Ghibli-esque visuals are decent enough, but this is disappointingly bland.

Rather an odd story, told in a one-of-a-kind style that feels equal parts sentimental, somber and strange.

Wolf Children is a beautiful story about the power of a Mother's love to save her children.

Judging from his last three films, I count Hosoda Mamoru as the true hope of quality anime in the future. Because he dared to make The Wolf Children a film which is, first and foremost, for the parents!

With a bittersweet atmosphere and beautiful imagery - both of the detailed and delicate variety - Wolf Children proves a finessed, fantastical offering grounded in human emotion and experience.

It is an exceptionally beautiful film, with the lingering glory and magisterial quality that recalls Miyazaki's greatest work.