Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
Howl's Moving Castle has generally received very positive reviews.
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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 12 Aug 2015
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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Jun 2008
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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 13 Mar 2010
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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 16 Sep 2017
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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 27 Jun 2019
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By David Ansen (1,073) for Newsweek (1,534) on 19 Nov 2017
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By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 01 Dec 2018
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By M. E. Russell (386) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 14 Mar 2021
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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 14 Dec 2006
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Howl's Moving Castle was released in 2004 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 129 reviews, giving Howl's Moving Castle (2004) an average rating of 83%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 87%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 82%.
With a score of 83%, Howl's Moving Castle is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2004, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2004 with similar scores include films like Hotel Rwanda and Something the Lord Made.
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