Whisper of the Heart Movie Review
Whisper of the Heart Review
"Whisper of the Heart" Overview
Rating: G
1995
Cast and Crew
Director : Yoshifumi KondoProducer : Ned Lott,Toshio Suzuki
Screenwiter : Hayao Miyazaki
Starring : Cary Elwes,David Gallagher,Harold Gould,Abigail Mavity,Brittany Snow,Courtney Thorne-Smith
One of Studio Ghibli's strangest productions has to be this, Whisper of the
Heart. Not because of any crazy morphing creatures -- though the film has a few
of those -- but because of its subject matter. Here's a movie about teen
romance, set largely in a library. There are no rakish adventurers, no ghosts,
no forest creatures. Just a boy and a girl and only one magical cat to speak
of. The film is generally charming, though its love story is strange to the
point of inaccesibility: A girl who writes alternate lyrics to "Take Me Home,
Country Roads"? Whoa, now that's weird.
Aka Mimi wo sumaseba.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
