It's been a while since a Miyazaki film blew my socks off. Happily, I can say that this one is captivating.Sophie (Emily Mortimer) is cursed with old age by the Witch of the Waste (Lauren Bacall) and has to seek out a wizard to break the spell. She ventures forth into the Wastes to find the legendary Howl (Christian Bale) in the hopes that he can free her. Unfortunately, Howl is being summoned to court under two different aliases in order to help fight a war. He enlists Grandma Sophie (Jean Simmons) as a housekeeper but soon finds that she is indispensable to his household.
There were a couple of moments where silliness threatened to derail the film but it remained gorgeously animated throughout. The disc I got from Netflix was the American version so I'll have to see if the Japanese is the same. This is definitely one to buy.
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