3 stars out of 5 -- It is resolutely 2D, hand-drawn and painted, with the attention to detail that typifies Ghibli. Each frame blooms with life, whether it’s nature ambling gorgeously around in the background or the fascinating clutter of someone’s home.

[A] delicate, evocative new Japanese animated film from Studio Ghibli....Visually spectacular.

As a children’s movie, it’s uncommonly sensitive and complicated, rooted in relationships rather than dazzling action.

3 stars out of 4 -- [A] sweet tale about learning to embrace our tragic pasts and differences not so we fit in but so we are comfortable on our own. It is filled with the luscious, beautiful 2D animation that we’ve come to expect from Ghibli...