Rent Princess Mononoke (1997)
4.1 of 5 from 305 ratings
2h 14min
Whenever I think I've found the Ghibli film—one of those big ones everyone raves about—I end up deflated. Princess Mononoke looks incredible, and its world is rich, but I just didn't connect with it. The themes and creatures are strong and stunning, but something about the pacing and characters kept me at arm's length. I wanted to love it, honestly. Other than My Neighbor Totoro, maybe I'm just not on Ghibli's wavelength.
Sublime film, but infuriatingly this disc only has 'dubtitles' for the original Japanese-language version (ie, it displays subtitles for the dialogue added in the English dub, even when there's no Japanese dialogue being spoken)