| Released | 2016 | Rating | PG |
| Director | Travis Knight | Writer/s | Marx Haimes, Chris Butler, Shannon Tindle |
| Starring | The voices of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey | ||
| Source of story | An original screenplay | ||
| Elevator Pitch | In ancient Japan a boy with some magical powers goes on a quest for his father’s armour and a legendary sword, guided by a monkey, and an origami samurai and accompanied by a warrior beetle. They are assailed by dark forces who turn out to be his mother’s supernatural sisters and finally by the wizard who is his grandfather. | ||
| Content | Some very ingenious story telling, much use of magic to charm the audience, and to give the dark forces impetus. A whole lot of set pieces during which we can wonder at the depths and detail of the presentations. | ||
| A View | This film got a very good score on IMDB, but did children do the scoring, that is, if it was a children’s film. Although the animation is fantastic, the story meandered about and the dialogue is weak and I just did not go for the American accents. But the scenes of the child telling stories which are animated by origami monsters is absolutely fantastic. | ||
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