Fresh
The soundscape is rich, and the beast-battles well executed. But the characters never develop beyond their two-word descriptors: Conflicted Boy, Lonely Girl, Angry Son, etc.
Johanna Schneller, Globe and Mail
The Boy and the Beast
In a world of beasts, he found a family.
2015 · 1h 59m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Mamoru Hosoda
Overview
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
Director and cast
- Mamoru Hosoda Director
- Koji Yakusho as Kumatetsu (voice)
- Aoi Miyazaki as Young Kyuta (voice)
- Shota Sometani as Teenage Kyuta (voice)
- Suzu Hirose as Kaede (voice)
- Lily Franky as Hyakushūbō (voice)
- Yo Oizumi as Tatara (voice)
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Iozen (voice)
- Mamoru Miyano as Teenage Ichirohiko (voice)
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Teenage Jiromaru (voice)
- Haru Kuroki as Young Ichirohiko (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Questions may linger about what's real and what's projected from Ren's turbulent feelings, but the film creates such vivid worlds on both sides of the alley, you'll root for their coexistence.
Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
What sets this film apart from its generic predecessors is writer/director Hosoda's knack for playful set pieces, and unsentimental love of surrogate familial communities.
Simon Abrams, RogerEbert.com
Fresh
A brilliant, funny morality tale that examines the transformative effects of martial-arts training.
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
The characterizations and conflicts here are strictly generic.
Andy Webster, New York Times
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