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Ponyo

2008Movie1 h 40 minG

Animation
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GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.6Letterboxd4.1/5Metacritic867.8Rotten Tomatoes91%84%
84
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.6Letterboxd4.1/5Metacritic867.8Rotten Tomatoes91%84%

Summary

When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.

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  • Date night
  • Family movie night
  • Friends night

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  • Warms you up.
  • Leaves you in awe.
  • Feels like comfort food.
  • Feasts your eyes.
  • Gives you goosebumps.

Not for brutality or scares.

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Tropes

Production Throwbackin 223 titlesFujimoto's ship looks like a boat crossed with a flaptor.Wise Beyond Their Yearsin 462 titlesHe also knows an astounding amount about extinct sea life. He even recognizes that all of the fish he sees are from the Devonian.All 140 tropes

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