Children of the Sea

GKIDS | Release Date (Streaming): September 1, 2020

6.8	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Ratings

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JamejarrsSep 17, 2020

Almost a week after seeing this movie and I'm still trying to digest it, I'm honestly having a hard time placing my feelings for it.

The one thing I can say without a doubt is that Children of the Sea is absolutely stunning to look at. TheAlmost a week after seeing this movie and I'm still trying to digest it, I'm honestly having a hard time placing my feelings for it.

The one thing I can say without a doubt is that Children of the Sea is absolutely stunning to look at. The animation on display here is like nothing I've ever seen.

My main hang up is the story. The characters are likable and the plot is intriguing, but it absolutely goes off the deep end in the last third and that's where my hangups lie. It becomes incredibly hard to follow which makes its ending not quite land the way it should have. Some plot threads don't feel entirely fleshed out, but are simultaneously wrapped around the plot at large to make them thematically relevant.

I think I walked away glad that I saw it, but it's going to be a hard sell to people I know.… Expand

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alejandro970Sep 4, 2020

Beyond Studio Ghibli, this story comes with a more stylized but beautiful, hypnotic animation style. The plot may be difficult to follow because of its metaphors about marine life, its relationship with the universe and ours in it, but in noBeyond Studio Ghibli, this story comes with a more stylized but beautiful, hypnotic animation style. The plot may be difficult to follow because of its metaphors about marine life, its relationship with the universe and ours in it, but in no way provoke boredom or indifference. To see more than once to assimilate it better.… Expand

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