The Boy and the Beast's reviews
Media reviews
Los Angeles Times
Hosoda brings emotional depth to what could easily have become a formulaic martial arts saga. Instead, 'The Boy and the Beast' is a bracing tale of two flawed individuals who find the love and discipline they need to assume their rightful places in their respective worlds.
Variety
Though it piles all sorts of emotional baggage onto a series of already-tired believe-in-yourself cliches, Hosoda?s over-complicated script has the virtue of expressing itself less via words than it does through truly spectacular set pieces.
The Hollywood Reporter
Rising to the challenge of delivering a rousing finale, Hosoda does sock over a spectacular climactic battle on and below the streets of Tokyo with imaginative aplomb.
ABC
A learning history, parallel worlds, bemused childhood, in a way, style and form a chapter of Doraemon, but no big cat.
Cinemanía
Very complete and diverse visually.
Roger Ebert
A visually impressive mix of hand-drawn and CGI animation with basic action-adventure elements that are always viscerally satisfying thanks to Hosoda's apparent warts-and-all love for humanity.
El Mundo
Foul certainly on and surreal magic of Miyazaki who won the Golden Bear in Berlin with Spirited Away, but not exaggerate.
Cahiers du Cinéma
This is as a real little pedagogical-emotional treaty that extends the first part, beautifully paced (...) But the film is caught by a certain stiffness.
The Washington Post
Despite the film?s fantastical elements, his choice is easy: The human conflicts are more resonant. In ?The Boy and the Beast,? man must overcome his natural impulses of darkness and vengeance
El País
Correct and predictable.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote