Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: As would be expected from a hand drawn Ghibli film, the animation is stunning, with water and light coming to life and complex emotions rendered expertly and precisely on Anna’s face.
- [New – 10/22/15] | Rob Daniel @ Electric Shadows
- Excerpt: If this is the final movie from the studio Totoro built, it’s a pleasant swansong.
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: This is an understated affair, but the screenplay … understands Anna’s dilemma and communicates it with clarity.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: When Marnie Was There never fulfills on its grand promise of something profound.
- Donald Jay Levit @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
- Marty Mapes @ Movie Habit
- Excerpt: A new director at Ghibli makes a young-adult mystery worthy of the brand
- Jared Mobarak @ BuffaloVibe
- Kristy Puchko @ Spinoff Online
- Excerpt: It “doesn’t offer the level of fantasy or adventure that previous Ghibli releases have. Instead, it’s a surprisingly simple tale that coolly declares loneliness may be unavoidable, but happiness is a choice.
- Don Simpson @ Smells Like Screen Spirit
- Excerpt: Yonebayashi’s infinitely sad film seriously contemplates the notion of identity in relation to ethnicity, sexuality and family. Existing in sharp counterpoint to the happily ever after animated fairytales of Disney and Pixar, Marnie takes on childhood depression with unwavering conviction and subdued intimacy.
- Sarah Ward @ Concrete Playground
