NEKO NO ONGAESHI (THE CAT RETURNS (2002))

While Chizuru Ikewake’s performance is good, NEKO NO ONGAESHI (THE CAT RETURNS) is unfortunately the rare fantasy movie where the scenes in the real world are more entertaining than the scenes in the fantasy world. The ending implies that everything that happened to HARU YOSHIOKA (the protagonist) changed her. I don’t buy it. It wasn’t a meaningless experience, but it didn’t feel like a growing up journey. Also, at the beginning, she had a crush. At the end, she moves on. Wait a minute. She talks about him like he never meant anything to her (and she hadn't realized before). OK, I know that it wasn’t real love, but there was nothing to suggest that it was a little girl’s shallow infatuation.



6/10
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