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FUN
50
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
37
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
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Read from 22 comments (22 from Metacritic) — 7 of them described how it moves.
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“The pacing was surprisingly quick”
CosmicRain · Metacritic ↗
“with a fluid and compelling development”
alejandro970 · Metacritic ↗
“the film was a little slow in the beginning”
Flexedacorn · Metacritic ↗
“started to **** me in towards the 2nd half”
Flexedacorn · Metacritic ↗
“The films opening has lots of excitement and chaos”
wkallao · Metacritic ↗
“once that brief five minutes is up, we are quickly shifted to a more mundane and uneventful first act”
wkallao · Metacritic ↗
Read 24 Aug 2026 · confidence 28% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
Published reviews, not felt experience — a different question from the one above, and never mixed into the FlickFeel score.
“This art-form has long been thought to have reached its twilight years, but Yonebayashi’s film brims over with the bounce and spark of childhood.”
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph · 100
“Mary and the Witch’s Flower doesn’t just borrow elements from Ghibli, it feels like a complete continuation of the studio’s work. It’s a welcome relief for every animation fan who thought that particular era of Japanese animation had, after 30 years, quietly come to a close.”
Tasha Robinson, The Verge · 95
“Mary and the Witch’s Flower and its eye-popping cavalcade of creations and colors speak not to the shock and awe of technology but to the can-do magic of human achievement.”
Bilge Ebiri, Village Voice · 90
“A lovingly crafted fantasy on an epic scale, Mary and the Witch’s Flower is a film about transformation made by filmmakers in transition.”
Ray Greene, TheWrap · 87
“The results suggest that Ponoc was guided by a single principle: If Studio Ghibli won’t make Studio Ghibli films anymore, then we will. Which is to say Mary and the With’s Flower is delightful — a visually stunning fairy tale filled with whimsical ideas and warmly realized characters — but also familiar.”
Keith Phipps, Uproxx · 85
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 24 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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“The pacing was surprisingly quick”
CosmicRainabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“with a fluid and compelling development”
alejandro970about 0–100% inread it ↗
“the film was a little slow in the beginning”
Flexedacornabout 0–50% inread it ↗
“started to **** me in towards the 2nd half”
Flexedacornabout 50–100% inread it ↗
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