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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThe Miyazaki legacy is in good hands.
- 60EmpireEmpireThe set pieces make this well worth watching while director Goro Miyazaki shows he's truly his father's son.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThe sights and sounds are splendid--a lovingly hand-detailed portside city, a touching musical interlude in a windswept field--though they're largely disconnected from the narrative proper.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanHe does an okay imitation of his father's languidly matter-of-fact dreamscapes, but it's hard to deny that a certain vitality is missing in Tales From Earthsea.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenFeels a little like a science-fiction Sunday school pageant.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSan Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubThis film is too scary for very young children, while older fans are likely to focus on the film not faring well in comparison to the elder Miyazaki's recent work.
- 40VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinThis dull and humorless production won't reap the same critical support as the work of Miyazaki Senior.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinIt also features deaths by strangulation and immolation as well as a nasty bit with a flying severed limb.Kids may be less put off by all that, though, than by the film's uninspired hand-drawn animation, visual flatness and elongated running time.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttAn artistically arresting yet narratively lame and strangely unfocused cartoon aimed at older children and young adults.
- 20Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonEarthsea seems to be a stupendously dull place. It would try the patience of any kid.