Review of The Boy and the Heron (2023) by David Ehrlich for IndieWire — 07 Sep 2023
While this dream-like warble of a swan song may be too pitchy and scattered to hit with the gale-force power that made “The Wind Rises” feel like such a definitive farewell, The Boy and the Heron finds Miyazaki so nakedly bidding adieu — to us, and to the crumbling kingdom of dreams and madness that he’ll soon leave behind — that it somehow resolves into an even more fitting goodbye, one graced with the divine awe and heart-stopping wistfulness of watching a true immortal make peace with their own death.
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This review of The Boy and the Heron (2023) was written by David Ehrlich and published by IndieWire on 07 September 2023.
The Boy and the Heron has generally received very positive reviews.
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