Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Hana Sugisaki | ... | Mary (voice) | |
Ryûnosuke Kamiki | ... | Peter (voice) | |
Yûki Amami | ... | Madam Mumblechook (voice) | |
Fumiyo Kohinata | ... | Doctor Dee (voice) | |
Hikari Mitsushima | ... | The Red-Haired Witch (voice) | |
Jirô Satô | ... | Flanagan (voice) | |
Ken'ichi Endô | ... | Zebedee (voice) | |
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Eri Watanabe | ... | Miss Banks (voice) |
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Shinobu Ôtake | ... | Great-Aunt Charlotte (voice) |
Ikue Ôtani | ... | Tib (voice) | |
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Lynn | ... | Gib (voice) |
Ruby Barnhill | ... | Mary (voice) | |
Kate Winslet | ... | Madam Mumblechook (voice) | |
Jim Broadbent | ... | Doctor Dee (voice) | |
Ewen Bremner | ... | Flanagan (voice) |
Mary is an ordinary young girl stuck in the country with her Great-Aunt Charlotte and seemingly no adventures or friends in sight. She follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest, where she discovers an old broomstick and the strange Fly-by-Night flower, a rare plant that blossoms only once every seven years and only in that forest. Together the flower and the broomstick whisk Mary above the clouds and far away to Endor College - a school of magic run by headmistress Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But there are terrible things happening at the school, and, when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her life to try to set things right. Based on Mary Stewart's 1971 classic children's book "The Little Broomstick", "Mary and The Witch's Flower" is an action-packed film full of jaw-dropping imaginative worlds, ingenious characters, and the stirring, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to find a place in the world. Featuring the voices of Ruby Barnhill and Academy ...
The creators of "Mary and the Witch's Flower" try hard to make a Ghibli-style movie, but they end doing something generic and ultimately annoying, even if visually beautiful. What they miss are real characters, as the protagonist is bland and anonymous, and the other characters are basically totally empty, with no personalities nor motivations. So the movie is all about action, with pointless dialogues, no poetry, no emotions and no soul. A missed opportunity.