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Haru is a girl who one day saves the life of a cat that turns out to be unordinary cat. Haru then finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.
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September 01, 2008
Director Morita does an exemplary job of bringing a Japanese graphic novel to the screen.February 09, 2006
Another enjoyable fantasy adventure from Studio Ghibli.February 23, 2014
The Cat Returns...is all fluff, but it's cute and enjoyable fluff at the very least.September 01, 2008
Catchy entertainment for kids and adults...May 06, 2013
The story whisks gracefully along with little saunters and pitter-patters of humour. A Princess-and-the-Cat tale that also coolly reflects the arrogant aloofness, suave superciliousness and intriguing independence of man's best-when-convenient friend.May 26, 2006
The film has some of Miyazaki's exquisite timing, pacing and use of space.April 01, 2006
There's little tension or opportunity for emotional involvement in the brief story, and despite competent animation the cats are rarely anthropomorphised to good comic effect. One for anime -- and animal -- lovers only.August 05, 2006
...moves along at a brisk clip and features a bright, vibrant animation style...September 01, 2008
Interesting and watchable, but definitely not up to Miyazaki's standards.September 30, 2005
despite its exquisite artwork and expert voice cast, this still looks a bit like the bedraggled runt of the Ghibli litter.June 20, 2007
[Director] Morita has a slightly cruder, more realistic sense of the world and its looniness than does Miyazaki, and you can see where The Cat Returns moves on a different track even as it pays homage to Japan's current animation master.June 16, 2010
Undeniably sweet, but it is also undeniably slight, and not remotely as visually rich as we've all come to expect from Studio Ghibli.