Genre: Animation/ Family/ Drama
Runtime: 111 minutes
Year: 1995
Starring: Brittany Snow, David Gallagher, Jean Smart, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Ashley Tisdale, Martin Spanjers, Cary Elwes, A.J. Buckley
Description: A love story between a girl who loves reading books (Brittany Snow), and a boy (David Gallagher) who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.
Review: “Whisper of the Heart” is about a young girl, Shizuku. If there is one thing Shizuku likes to do, it’s read. She works through all kinds of books at a very past pace and in the local library she can be found most of the time. When she borrows a large pile of books again, Shizuku notices that in each book there is a certain name of a young man who borrowed the book before her. A certain Seiji Amasawa. She wants to meet him and a great friendship develops between them. She doesn’t only get to know Seiji better, but also herself. In this way she finds out what she want to do in her life and starts writing her first story.
“Whisper of the Heart” is a very strong film. The whole coming-of-age setting, in which kids try to chase their dreams at an early age, really fits here. The film has some rally great moments, for example the moment where Shizuku and Seiji are performing the song Country Roads together and they are suddenly accompanied by Seiji’s grandfather and friends with instruments. And scenes like Shizuku following the cat, her finding the shop with the magic clock and Shizuku’s fantasy world are all straight from a picture book.
“Whisper of the Heart” was the first theatrically released Studio Ghibli film not to be directed by the master Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli always masterfully created these amazing looking animated family films, with a very mature feel to it. They never talk down to children and that’s what I love about them so much.
Rating: 4 / 5
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