Kiki’s Delivery Service
Film details
| Film Title | Kiki’s Delivery Service |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 103mins |
| Year | 1989 |
| Country | Japan |
| Director | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Actors | Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, Keiko Toda, Mieko Nobusawa, Koichi Miura, Haruko Katō, Hiroko Seki, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Koichi Yamadera, Kikuko Inoue, Yuko Kobayashi, Mika Doi, Takaya Hashi, Chika Sakamoto |
| Language | English dubbed version |
| AKA | 魔女の宅急便 |
| Showings |
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
The film becomes a benign guided tour of femininity … gently broaching universal coming-of-age issues such as independence, insecurity, and even – more boldly than any Western children’s movie would contemplate – sexuality.
★★★★
Miyazaki’s giddy, glorious seaside story about a budding young witch and her sarcastic cat.
★★★★★
A terrific alternative to the diabetic’s nightmare that is most of Disney’s output, Kiki’s Delivery Service takes pride of place in Miyazaki’s exceptional body of work.
★★★★
Even by Hayao Miyazaki’s elevated standard, Kiki’s Delivery Service is a singularly charming film.
★★★★
