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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAnimator/fabulist Hayao Miyazaki pays homage to Hollywood’s wartime adventure films in this masterwork built around the adventures of a high-flying pig.
- 100VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerNot only does this rank among Miyazaki’s finest achievements, it reflects his personal love of aviation, his political concerns and his fullest expression to date of a non-fantasy world resembling our own.
- 90Time OutTime OutAs usual with Miyazaki, the plot fits, starts and digresses at will, taking in the textures of pre-fascist Italy, details on the history of aviation and a lucid discussion on gender equality and physical beauty. Oh, and the kids will love it too.
- 88Slant MagazineChris CabinSlant MagazineChris CabinIt's in this view of the military life, and competition in general, that Porco Rosso reveals itself to be one of Miyazaki’s most personal works.
- 80The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMuting adult concerns — like the jackboots of fascism and the ubiquity of male violence — with marshmallow clouds and subtly shifting light, Mr. Miyazaki smooshes fantasy and history into a pastel-pretty yarn as irresistible as his feminism.
- 80IGNIGNVastly entertaining, but like Porco aiming for the ethereal stream of planes above the clouds, never quite reaching its profound goals.
- 75The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonPorco Rosso was initially conceived as a short film for Japan Airlines, and its roots show in its delight with aviation and the experience of flight, but also in its somewhat shapeless plot.
- 60EmpireWilliam ThomasEmpireWilliam ThomasIt's solid Miyazaki, although he has reached greater heights both before and since.
- The plot is hardly the point here - the animation is delightful, colourful and detailed and the flying sequences in seaplanes as old-fashioned as this style of animation are exhilarating.