Starring: Anne Hathaway, Tim Curry, Cary Elwes, Peter Boyle, Andrew Bevis, Judy Greer
Certificate: U
Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Comedy
Awards: None
The Cat Returns is a film by studio Ghibli, famous for My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away, and has the same immense imagination as its predeccesors. After Haru (Hathaway) saves a cat from being hit by traffic, she finds out that the cat is a prince of the cat world. The cats therefore "reward" Haru by taking her to the cat world to marry the prince. Understandably, Haru isn't exactley happy about this and - following the advice of a voice - she seeks help at the cat buro where she meets the Baron (Elwes) and his friends who decide to help her out of her predicament.
As expected, The Cat Returns is as eccentric as anything made by the studio. It has a very enthralling charm about it and it's full of entertaining characters and sequences including a labyrinth with walking walls.
However, it is one of the shortest Ghibli films I have seen, lasting only 75 minutes while most are close to 2 hours. A lot more could of done with the labyrinth and the Baron's character, but the length does make it feel like a little adventure compared to Spirited Away which takes place over numerous days so it does give it a sense of time.
If you like the vast imagination of studio Ghibli, The Cat Returns will certainty tick your boxes. I watched the english dub version so I don't know if the original voices are better but the english version holds up well.
****Good
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