Porco Rosso

Name: Porco Rosso
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Animation
Released: January 1, 1992
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 83
Cast: Akemi Okamura, Akio Ôtsuka, Bunshi Katsura Vi, Hiroko Seki, Osamu Saka

1992

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Toho Company | Release Date: January 1, 1992 | PG

Starring: Akemi Okamura, Akio Ôtsuka, Bunshi Katsura Vi, Hiroko Seki, Osamu Saka, Reizô Nomoto, Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Yû Shimaka

Summary: In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Animation

Rating: PG

Runtime: 94 min

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Robert Pardi

Animator/fabulist Hayao Miyazaki pays homage to Hollywood’s wartime adventure films in this masterwork built around the adventures of a high-flying pig. Read full review

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Robert Koehler

Not only does this rank among Miyazaki’s finest achievements, it reflects his personal love of aviation, his political concerns and his fullest expression to date of a non-fantasy world resembling our own. Read full review

David Jenkins

As usual with Miyazaki, the plot fits, starts and digresses at will, taking in the textures of pre-fascist Italy, details on the history of aviation and a lucid discussion on gender equality and physical beauty. Oh, and the kids will love it too. Read full review

Ben Sachs

Miyazaki never really explains why his aviator hero has been transformed into a pig (all the other characters are human), and the perfunctory climax fails to tie up any of the themes Miyazaki has developed. But this is masterful storytelling in every other respect, good-humored and frequently suspenseful, with a vivid setting. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Muting adult concerns — like the jackboots of fascism and the ubiquity of male violence — with marshmallow clouds and subtly shifting light, Mr. Miyazaki smooshes fantasy and history into a pastel-pretty yarn as irresistible as his feminism. Read full review

Sergio Non

Vastly entertaining, but like Porco aiming for the ethereal stream of planes above the clouds, never quite reaching its profound goals. Read full review

The Guardian Rob Mackie

The plot is hardly the point here - the animation is delightful, colourful and detailed and the flying sequences in seaplanes as old-fashioned as this style of animation are exhilarating. Read full review

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The3AcademySins

May 22, 2018

This is one of my favorite Miyazaki films, and easily one of his most underrated. Porco Rosso is the story of one man seeking redemption. While it maintains Miyazaki's beautiful art style, anti-war themes, and strong female characters, Porco Rosso centers on a middle-aged bounty-hunterThis is one of my favorite Miyazaki films, and easily one of his most underrated. Porco Rosso is the story of one man seeking redemption. While it maintains Miyazaki's beautiful art style, anti-war themes, and strong female characters, Porco Rosso centers on a middle-aged bounty-hunter protagonist who smokes, drinks, flirts, and flies his way through Fascist Italy in the 1930s. Charming, poignant, funny, devastating, whimsical, and melancholy, Porco Rosso has something for everyone, and isn't afraid to take risks.

You don't have to be a fan of anime to enjoy the works of Hayao Miyazaki, and this is one of his finest human dramas. Apart from the curse that turned our hero into a pig, all elements of fantasy that Miyazaki is known for are absent, and the world that this takes place in is very much our own.… Expand

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Palimash

Dec 28, 2019

Мультфильм приятно смотреть, так как он интересный и красивый

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HeartOnly

Feb 8, 2020

Heart warming and fun. I love the visuals, and most definitely the soundtracks. A unique main character though nevertheless lovable. Miyazaki never fails to make us fall in love with his movies.

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alejandro970

Feb 17, 2019

Higher than the sun, that is flies the ace of airliners of Studio Ghibli. The story blends witty comedy, romance and action, and thrilling dogfights. A must have for every Studio Ghibli fanboy.

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Arthuu

Mar 3, 2020

Mature storytelling masterclass with geniuely authentic characters, Studio Ghibli once again serves perfect mix of fairytale set in harsh reality with the darkest tone yet!

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