When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.
Ponyo has generally received very positive reviews.
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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 16 Oct 2016
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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 23 Sep 2008
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Ponyo was released in 2008 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 126 reviews, giving Ponyo (2008) an average rating of 79%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 87%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 76%. Professional critics were more impressed with Ponyo than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 79%, Ponyo is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2008, which stands at 56%.
Other movies from 2008 with similar scores include films like The Hurt Locker, Tokyo Sonata and Frost/Nixon.
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