The Legend of Ochi's reviews
Media reviews
The Guardian
The soul of the movie isn’t particularly in the human/creature relationship at its center, but in the stunning craftsmanship that surrounds (and in the creature’s case, creates) them.
The Times
[The movie] Owes a lot to the superior likes of ET and My Neighbour Totoro. Still, the climactic “magic of cinema” moment is a real skin-prickler and should ensure this story a future afterlife as someone’s favourite obscure childhood film.
New York Times
The Legend of Ochi is light on story -- you kind of know what’s going to happen all the time -- and that, coupled with occasionally garbled dialogue, makes it easy to zone out at times. But in its place it serves up a nourishing banquet for the senses.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote