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Kiki's Delivery Service

Kiki's Delivery Service

Animation · Family · Fantasy · 1989

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

Movie details

Kiki's Delivery Service

“I was feeling blue, but I'm better now.”

1989 Animation · Family · Fantasy 1h 43m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.8 / 10

Community rating

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Hayao Miyazaki

Written by

Hayao Miyazaki

Minami Takayama

Minami Takayama

Kiki / Ursula (voice)

Rei Sakuma

Rei Sakuma

Jiji (voice)

Kappei Yamaguchi

Kappei Yamaguchi

Tombo (voice)

Keiko Toda

Keiko Toda

Osono (voice)

Mieko Nobusawa

Mieko Nobusawa

Kokiri (voice)

Koichi Miura

Koichi Miura

Okino (voice)

Haruko Katō

Haruko Katō

Old Lady (voice)

Court is in session

Put Kiki's Delivery Service on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.