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All teen and kid reviews for Ponyo

Age
5
Average rating based on 71 kid and teen reviews:
  • 59% say there are positive messages
  • 55% say there are positive role models
  • 25% say it's educational
Teen, 14 years old
January 15, 2011
 
family movie
ponyo is unique as its not just your average run of the mill dreamworks/pixar movie its on its own plateau two thumbs up.

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Kid, 13 years old
May 10, 2010
 
Fantastic animated film.
Hayao Miyazaki's latest film is a great one. And a lot more family friendly. Although they americanized it a bit too much (anyone remember the song at the end?) by adding The Jonas Brother's, well..other brother and Miley Cyrus's sister. But it's still a great movie.

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Teen, 16 years old
August 14, 2009
 
I bet it will be another well recieved Miyazaki film.
Before I actually say review, let me say one thing: What is with the other reviews?! They're kinda freaky. And Jonas fangirls, you're off your rockers. Don't see a movie just because of a voice actor. You won't actually see him. (I don't like it that Disney Channel stars are voicing anime. It's just... wrong.) My real review: I loved other great Miyazaki films like Spirited Away, Princess Monoke, and Kiki's Delivery Service. I can't wait to see how this one will be. I doubt I'll see it with my parents because I'm not sure how they'd react to anime. Even though it's aimed at younger kids, I'm still anxious to see it, mainly because Mizazaki hasn't put out any movies for a while. Heh heh, I'll watch the Japanese version on Youtube and write a real review later!

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Kid, 11 years old
April 26, 2011
 
Magical Underwater and Land Adventure
I love it.It's not computer graphics it's a cartoon.But beautifully illustrated.The kids here really look cute.And it was funny that the old woman.The one with the blue clothes.Ponyo squirted her with water and the oldie said that there was a tsunami.Overall I loved it.

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Kid, 11 years old
September 30, 2011
 
A pretty good movie...
I watched this in Japanese with subtitles, and it was a pretty good movie. The massive flood and the mountain of ships may scare younger viewers, and I am not particularly keen on the romantic aspect, but great movie overall. Though I still prefer Totoro.

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Kid, 9 years old
January 12, 2010
 
I LOVED IT GO TO MILE DRIVE* TO WATCH IT FOR FREE WHITOUT A SURVEY!!!!!!!!!!!
I just watched it LOVED it

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Kid, 9 years old
September 12, 2009
 
Ponyo rocks.
The movie Ponyo had some scary parts. Ponyo and the boy Sosake basically get married at the end of the movie. Sometimes it has some harsh parts and fantasy violence. It had lots of fantasy stuff about the ocean and that part was sort of violent. And that explains the waves turning into giant fish that Ponyo was running on. It was weird when Ponyo started out as a tiny goldfish, went to a bigger fish, turned into a human, and then Ponyo started changing back into a human/fish and then at the end she was a tiny gold fish again, and then turned back into a human. Some of it was sort of crazy, like when the giant waves were going up like a water volcano. Overall, I think it was a good movie. I will watch it again when it comes out on DVD. The scary parts maybe won’t be as scary on the TV compared to the theater screen. It was sort of cute and at the same time really weird.

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Teen, 15 years old
December 1, 2011
 
Stop yelling at me, Ponyo!
Umm....yeah. Not one of your best work Miyazaki. What I hated the most was the voice acting. Noah Cyrus was terrible at voicing Ponyo and it sounded like she was yelling at you most of the time. Overall it was good . . . I guess. It was weird at most parts.

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Kid, 12 years old
November 6, 2011
 
Love it!
It made me feel like a 5 year old again its really cute where the part there was a whole bunch of ponyos

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Teen, 18 years old
September 10, 2011
 
Adorable anime from the mind of Miyazaki...
Although not quite as great as My Neighbor Totoro or Spirited Away, Miyazaki still delivered a promising movie. Ponyo was cute and charming, the animation was brilliant (as usual), and the visual effects were stunning! The violence is quite tame. There is some romance between Ponyo and Sosuke. I still don't get why a five-year-old had to make a love promise, though. Other than that, it was a nice movie.

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Teen, 14 years old
June 11, 2011
 
"Worst Mother Ever"
I really didn't think my 5 year old cousin should have watched this...it was really horrible, the mother left her 5-year old at home alone, and drove through a tsunami. Our family nicknamed her "the worst mother ever"

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Teen, 15 years old
February 26, 2010
 
Relaxing, sweet, fun movie!
I liked it, Miyazaki is great, but I thought it was SUPER weird that Ponyo and Sosuke got like... married at 5 years old... It was so cute that they got Noah Cyrus and Frankie Jonas! haha they would be such a cute couple... :)

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Teen, 18 years old
August 25, 2011
 
THE BEST
I think this is a awesome movie~!!!!!!!!!!

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Teen, 18 years old
August 17, 2011
 
Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea~
As always, Miyazaki's film was splendid, &they have a deeper meaning, not just a film for pure entertainment. However, this particular Miyazaki film was far less interesting to me than most of the other's from Studio Ghibli. It was cute enough, &definatly family-friendly. I did find it a bit weird, as Ponyo's father is strange &her mother is a sea-goddess...I prefered the original Japanese version, as opposed to the English dub. Cute kid movie, I suppose, but I didn't like it enough to say "go out &buy it" (even though I did purchase it).

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Kid, 12 years old
July 23, 2011
 
Great
Good movie for the family.

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Kid, 12 years old
June 20, 2011
 
Wonderful Film! :)
This is an AWESOME movie! My family rented it from Netflix, and I have to say it was truly enjoyable! Sosuke is a very polite and sweet kid who listens and obeys his mother, while Ponyo is stubborn but adorable at the same time. They are just like normal kids--they will risk anything to help their friends. The only reason I rated this for five and up is because kids younger than this age might be frightened at some scenes and get bored at others. Enjoy this wonderful film! :)

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Kid, 12 years old
April 8, 2011
 
Any age
My friend showed it to me and I was blown away, great colors and a overall good movie.

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Teen, 14 years old
November 19, 2011
 
Super Cute
I love this movie its so Cute Ponyo is the bomb

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Kid, 12 years old
March 31, 2011
 
Sad in the midel good for kids

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Teen, 14 years old
March 31, 2011
 
Sad in the midel good for kids

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