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Do not allow conventional thoughts about animation to prevent you from seeing it. It tells an epic story set in medieval Japan, at the dawn of the Iron Age, when some men still lived in harmony with nature and others were trying to tame and defeat it. It is not a simplistic tale of good and evil, but the story of how humans, forest animals and nature gods all fight for their share of the new emerging order. It is one of the most visually inventive films I have ever seen.
-- Roger Ebert, review

review index(not linked)

1. Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times, 6 September 1999
2. David Poland - TNT's Rough Cut, 5 September 1999
3. Liam Lacey - The Globe and Mail, 10 September 1999
4. Ken Tucker - The New York Times, 12 September 1999
5. Janet Maslin - The New York Times, 27 September 1999
6. Andy Bailey - Reel.com, 28 September 1999
7. George Toshio Johnston - Rafu Shimpo, 30 September 1999
8. Sarah Kendzior - The 11th Hour Web Magazine, 19 October 1999
9. Frank Scheck - Hollywood Reporter, 14 October 1999
10. Brian Camp - Animerica Online, October 1999

11. David Ansen - Newsweek, 1 November 1999
12. Andrew O'Hehir - Salon.com, 27 October 1999
13. Gemma Files - EYE (Toronto), 28 October 1999
14. Jay Carr - The Boston Globe, 29 October 1999
15. Paul Sherman - The Boston Herald, 29 October 1999
16. Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times, 29 October 1999
17. Kenneth Turan - The Los Angeles Times, 29 October 1999
18. Michael Atkinson - Mr. Showbiz, 29 October 1999
19. Alan Khamoui - USC Daily Trojan, 29 October 1999
20. Joe Morgenstern - The Wall Street Journal, 29 October 1999

21. Ernest Hardy - LA Weekly, 29 October 1999
22. Mark Caro - Metromix, 29 October 1999
23. Dann Gire - Daily Herald, 29 October 1999
24. Peter Howell - The Toronto Star, 29 October 1999
25. Marc Fortier - Reel.com, October 1999
26. Jack Mathews - New York Daily News, 29 October 1999
27. Leonard Klady (Reuters) - MSNBC.com, 28 October 1999
28. Bob Campbell (Newhouse News Service) - MSNBC.com, 28 October 1999
29. Liam Lacey - The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 29 October 1999
30. Andy Klein - New Times Los Angeles, 28 October 1999

31. Todd McCarthy - Variety, 29 October 1999
32. Ty Burr - Entertainment Weekly, 29 October 1999
33. E! Online, October 1999
34. David Edelstein - Slate, 29 October 1999
35. Jonathan Foreman - New York Post, October 1999
36. Andrew Johnston - Time Out New York, 28 October 1999
37. Chuck Schwartz - CrankyCritic.com, 31 October 1999
38. Steve Biodrowski - Fandom, 29 October 1999
39. Peg Aloi - The Boston Phoenix, 28 October 1999
40. Peter Travers - Rolling Stone, 11 November 1999

41. Ted Murphy - Hollywood.com, 2 November 1999
42. Christopher Brandon - TNT's Rough Cut, November 1999
43. Matt Zoller Seitz - New York Press, 3 November 1999
44. Steven Boone - CitySearch: New York, November 1999
45. Patrick Macias - San Francisco Bay Guardian, 3 November 1999
46. John Anderson - Newsday (New York), November 1999
47. David Sterritt - The Christian Science Monitor, 29 October 1999
48. Henry Sheehan - The Orange County Register, 29 October 1999
49. Dan Pearson - The Daily Southtown (Chicago), 29 October 1999
50. Susan Granger - IMDB, 30 October 1999

51. James Berardinelli - Colossus.net, 29 October 1999
52. Peter Henné - Film Journal International, November 1999
53. Christopher Allan Smith - iF Magazine, 29 October 1999
54. Alec Nevala-Lee - Student.Com, November 1999
55. Desson Howe - The Washington Post, 5 November 1999
56. Kit O'Connell (?) - Texas Pagan Awareness Online, November 1999
57. Elvis Mitchell - Star-Telegram (Dallas/Fort Worth), 5 November 1999
58. Peter Stack - San Francisco Chronicle, 5 November 1999
59. Wesley Morris - San Francisco Examiner, 5 November 1999
60. Karen Hershenson - Contra Costa Times (California), 5 November 1999

61. Mike Antonucci - San Jose Mercury News, 5 November 1999
62. Terry Lawson - Detroit Free Press, 5 November 1999
63. Desmond Ryan - Philadelphia Inquirer, 5 November 1999
64. Chris Hewitt - Saint Paul Pioneer Press, 5 November 1999
65. Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee, 5 November 1999
66. Melanie McFarland - Seattle Times, 5 November 1999
67. Nancy Churnin - Dallas Morning News, 5 November 1999
68. Jeff Chen - IGN Sci-Fi, 3 November 1999
69. Mr. Cranky, 5 November 1999
70. Eleanor Ringel Gillespie - Access Atlanta, 5 November 1999

71. Jeff Millar - Houston Chronicle, 5 November 1999
72. Richard Nilsen - Moviequest, November 1999
73. Saiki Difrances - The Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota), 4 November 1999
74. Artistic review - Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents, 5 November 1999
75. Parental review - Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents, 5 November 1999
76. Stephen Hunter - The Washington Post, 5 November 1999
77. Curt Holman - Creative Loafing (Atlanta), 6 November 1999
78. Tom Gliatto - People Magazine, 8 November 1999
79. Tasha Robinson - Science Fiction Weekly, 8 November 1999
80. Scott Von Doviak - culturevulture.net, 28 October 1999

81. Wade Major - Boxoffice Magazine, November 1999
82. Peter Brunette - Film.com, November 1999
83. Gemma Files - Film.com, November 1999
84. Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online, November 1999
85. Montreal Gazette, 5 November 1999
86. Nick Nunziata - CHUD: Cinematic Happenings Under Development, 10 November 1999
87. Frank O'Connor - DailyRadar.com, 11 November 1999
88. Katherine Monk - Vancouver Sun, 12 November 1999
89. Andy Seiler - USA Today, 28 October 1999
90. Lesley Jacobs - ShowBIZ Data, 29 October 1999

91. Bob Thompson - Toronto Sun, 29 October 1999
92. David Ng - Images Journal, November 1999
93. Harvey S. Karten - IMDB, November 1999
94. Debra Lass - Film Scouts, November 1999
95. Jeffery Anderson - BayInsider, November 1999
96. Matt Williams - cinematter.com, November 1999
97. Robert Glatzer - movies101.com, 1 November 1999
98. William Arnold - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5 November 1999
99. Heather Corrina - LeisureSuit.net, 8 November 1999
100. 'Lynchpyn' - FilmInk Online, 10 November 1999

101. Emru Townsend - Purple Planet Media, 11 November 1999
102. Michael Rosen-Molina - Daily Bruin (UCLA), 29 October 1999
103. Paul Tatara - CNN, 15 November 1999
104. Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide Online, 18 November 1999
105. Aris T. Christofides - Kids-In-Mind: The Parents' Guide to Movies & Video, 19 November 1999
106. Jay Boyar - Orlando Sentinel, 19 November 1999
107. ALeve - Girls on Film, November 1999
108. Jun Yan - IMDB, November 1999
109. Alex Lau - Movie Magazine International, 3 November 1999
110. Susan Stark - Detroit News, 5 November 1999

111. Matt Heffernan - FilmHead.com, 15 November 1999
112. Anthony Leong - AOL Member Pages, 17 November 1999
113. Stan Urankar - Sun Newspapers (Cleveland), 18 November 1999
114. Edward Champion - 24 Frames Per Second, 19 November 1999
115. Jerry White - Nitrate Online, 19 November 1999
116. Dan Lybarger - Pitch Weekly (Kansas City), 23 November 1999
117. John Beifuss - The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee), 23 November 1999
118. Ann Hornaday - Baltimore Sun, 24 November 1999
119. Margaret A. McGurk - The Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 November 1999
120. Craig Kopp - The Cincinnati Post, 24 November 1999

121. Steve Ramos - CityBeat (Cincinnati, Ohio), 24 November 1999
122. Matt Soergel - Jacksonville Times-Union (Florida), 24 November 1999
123. Tony Norman - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 24 November 1999
124. Ed Blank - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 24 November 1999
125. Todd Lothery - Raleigh News & Observer, 24 November 1999
126. Daniel Neman - Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia), 24 November 1999
127. Steve Persall - St. Petersburg Times (Florida), 24 November 1999
128. Bob Ross - The Tampa Tribune (Florida), 24 November 1999
129. Gene Wyatt - The Tennessean (Nashville), 24 November 1999
130. Jerry Shottenkirk - The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), 25 November 1999

131. Laura Parker - The Daily Pennsylvanian, 4 November 1999
132. Sean P. Means - Salt Lake Tribune (Utah), 23 November 1999
133. Malcolm Johnson - Hartford Courant, 24 November 1999
134. Marc Savlov - The Austin Chronicle, 26 November 1999
135. Jeff Vice - Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 26 November 1999
136. Marc Horton - The Edmonton Journal (Canada), 26 November 1999
137. Amber R. Weller - Anime Digital, 29 November 1999
138. Matt Anthony Wilson - The Daily Texan (University of Texas at Austin), 29 November 1999
139. Greg Dean Schmitz - Upcomingmovies.com, 30 November 1999
140. Brian Webster - Apollo Leisure Guide, December 1999

141. Eugene Novikov - IMDB, December 1999
142. Michael J. Legeros - Movie Hell, December 1999
143. Bill DeLapp - Syracuse New Times (New York), 1 December 1999
144. Jay Stone - The Ottawa Citizen, 3 December 1999
145. Alison Gillmor - Winnipeg Free Press (Canada), 3 December 1999
146. Franklin Harris - Decatur Daily (Alabama), 9 December 1999
147. LaShaya Howie - Charlotte Observer (North Carolina), 10 December 1999
148. Michael Sragow - Salon Arts & Entertainment (Best of 1999), 17 December 1999
149. Andrew O'Hehir - Salon Arts & Entertainment (Best of 1999), 17 December 1999
150. Ben Berntsen - www.christiananswers.net, 2000

raves/rants

Princess Mononoke is a combination of Star Wars and Lawrence of Arabia set in a 13th century Japanese forest.
-- Neil Gaiman, writer, English-language adaptation

It's a great work of fantasy, a classic quest narrative in the tradition of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, [...] next to the beauty and tragedy of "Princess Mononoke," "Star Wars: Episode I" looks like dim radiation from a dull and distant galaxy.
-- Andrew O'Hehir, Salon Magazine

Miyazaki is a magic maker [...], creating a fresh, complex, doomed universe-Tolkien meets Kurosawa.
-- Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

[Mononoke] is about as close to a perfect animated epic as you're likely to get.
-- Melanie McFarland, Seattle Times