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Tales from Earthsea

2006
Fantasy
Adventure
1h 55m
Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause... (imdb)
Directed by:
Gorô Miyazaki
Written by:
Hayao Miyazaki Hayao Miyazaki Gorô Miyazaki Ursula K. Le Guin Keiko Niwa
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Starring:
Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe Timothy Dalton Timothy Dalton Teruyuki Kagawa Teruyuki Kagawa Mariska Hargitay Jun Fubuki Jun Fubuki Bunta Sugawara Bunta Sugawara Yûko Tanaka Yûko Tanaka Jun'ichi Okada Aoi Teshima Matt Levin Blaire Restaneo
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Genres:
Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
AKAs:
Gedo Senki , Gedo senki
Country:
Japan
Languages:
English, Japanese
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Tales from Earthsea

2006
Fantasy
Adventure
1h 55m
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enantoielEnantoiel
Rated 18 Oct 2007
60
56th
I can't help loving the atmosphere but story is so weak that it breaks my heart to see "Tales from Earthsea" title on it.
Rated 18 Oct 2007
kusanagiKusanagi
Rated 22 Aug 2009
75
48th
Too much farming, not enough magic and dragons. Good animation in some parts (backgrounds particularly), but the people are sort of blah.
Rated 22 Aug 2009
corbadCorbad
Rated 25 Jun 2020
80
79th
The animation and design are absolutely gorgeous. The colourful town in the ruins, the dragons shedding sparks, the sunrise behind the heroine—every moment is rich in beauty. Much in the film feels simple—the morality (popularly criticized by the author of the source material), the world and its mechanics, and the relationships—but there is loveliness in its lack of complication: for me, it was effective. A soft and delightful film.
Rated 25 Jun 2020
groovysoulsGroovy_Souls
Rated 29 Oct 2015
70
56th
When compared to the rest of the Ghibli catalog, this film sticks out. While it's plot can be dull and lessened from the typical Ghibli stuff, Goro lays down some of the best animation we've seen out of Ghibli. It's impressive, and the voice cast matches. The only thing to complain about is its unfulfilling story, but it's hard to say that this is anything less than a good movie.
Rated 29 Oct 2015
mentaculusMentaculus
Rated 29 Oct 2011
39
14th
Wait, I've played this video game before. Didn't make sense that time, either.
Rated 29 Oct 2011
okkervilOkkervil
Rated 24 Jun 2011
64
58th
Plenty here to enjoy despite many faults. There is no doubt that "Tales from Earthsea" lacks a coherent core; with the main plot messy and several of the character relationships shallow. Probably worst of all is just how clumsy and heavy handed this movie presents it moral messages. But, it's so god damn pretty in places and there were several scenes I loved. The villian was boss too! Riddled with problems, but worth your time. No doubt Goro has some way to go to match his genius father!
Rated 24 Jun 2011
axleblazeaxleblaze
Rated 12 Mar 2012
58
16th
While is has alot of that Ghibli beauty, this movie is just kind of dull and nothing terribly interesting happens in it. Things just seem stiff and while some of the visuals are still amazing alot of the joy that I associate with Ghibli is just sucked out of this.
Rated 12 Mar 2012
ag0stomesmerAg0stoMesmer
Rated 23 Aug 2012
2
46th
Visuals not quite up to their (extremely high) usual standard. A mostly predictable story with some real clunky twists and reveals.
Rated 23 Aug 2012
evolutionEvolution
Rated 25 Apr 2018
85
86th
The pacing is definitely off, but I don't see eye with criticism I've read. The visual world building relative to other Ghibli favorites isn't developed as much because the focus is the psychological landscape. The film somehow delivers both soft endearing moments of beauty and dark shades of the soul while navigating an inner struggle over nihilism.
Rated 25 Apr 2018
eric_janeric-jan
Rated 25 Feb 2017
70
54th
Slow at times, but I thought the story was pretty cool (aside from some plotholes), the animation was amazing and the soundtrack was 'Lord-of-the-Rings-like-GOOD' :)
Rated 25 Feb 2017
batolobatolo
Rated 09 Jun 2022
70
46th
Blunt in its messaging, but earnest in its simple story with beautiful animation and soundtrack.
Rated 09 Jun 2022
alienindieAlienIndie
Rated 16 Nov 2017
30
3rd
Confusing mess. Don't watch this, read the books. They are fairly good.
Rated 16 Nov 2017
xakkmasterXakkMaster
Rated 29 May 2018
65
34th
The pacing is a bit of an issue - it's a lovely little film with great animation (as expected), but the story leaves something to be desired.
Rated 29 May 2018
leonardisLeonardis
Rated 29 May 2013
63
7th
Really quite dissapointing movie from Studio Gibli. I didn't read the book(s), but I didn't think the story was interesting enough to be a movie and certainly wasn't worth making into an animated movie, Japanese or not. It's just too boring and doesn't have anything to show off.
Rated 29 May 2013
the_pirateThe Pirate
Rated 19 Aug 2015
69
28th
No aspect of this movie ever exceeds "good", and most just barely avoid "bad". So many plot holes, overly convenient situations, inconsistent characterization, and unsatisfying payoffs make this movie unworthy of Studio Ghibli's reputation for magical animated features.
Rated 19 Aug 2015
dsonlaDSonla
Rated 01 Oct 2023
63
18th
This movie has all the ingredients to make a great one but the plot doesn't really do it justice. I feel left with so many questions unanswered as if the movie was rushed.
Rated 01 Oct 2023
pnhpnh
Rated 17 Sep 2020
45
74th
I don't know why they choose to make a salad of the books. I've read the first three so far, and I can see there's elements that don't belong to that story. It lost the unity, in my opinion. Made a more surreal plot, but also weaker. (And I can't understand why they gave the boy that dreaded anime personality with a hidden wild laughing side.) Weak for a Ghibli movie, even though I enjoyed it.
Rated 17 Sep 2020
videoetronVideoetron
Rated 28 Aug 2020
59
32nd
Nice animation, and it started out with intriguing cities and world building, but then things stopped happening, the settings turned dreary to look at, and the plot turned weak. I remembered why I fell asleep the first time I tried watching it.
Rated 28 Aug 2020
overratedoverrated
Rated 29 Apr 2021
35
27th
The first half hour is decent but once the plot kicks into gear it's a bland mess.
Rated 29 Apr 2021
julesfmbjulesfmb
Rated 16 Jun 2021
57
31st
It's OK. Not even the worst Ghibli.
Rated 16 Jun 2021
cutecakecutecake
Rated 11 May 2018
45
17th
A huge disappointment, just Goro trying to copy his fathers style and just bastardizing a book. Goro's next movie is much better and feels more his own (Up on Poppy Hill), go watch that instead.
Rated 11 May 2018
muutanetmuutanet
Rated 28 Mar 2009
38
29th
The story and the main animation are really weak. Lots of points for background artsts. The only good animation was during the ending fight. Ghibli suppoused to stick with Hayao Miyazaki; the skills did not inherit from father to son.
Rated 28 Mar 2009
maddogmaddog
Rated 03 Sep 2020
41
11th
This film leaves so much unexplained, not tied up, and when it does try to explain, things make no sense. It feels like a waste of my time. The art is both pretty and lazy- lack of details when things are far away is not an art style. Watercolor impressionism doesn't mesh well with things.
Rated 03 Sep 2020
hotsakehotsake
Rated 05 Jul 2012
88
98th
Honestly, I don't get the hate that Goro Miyazaki gets, I loved both Tales from Earthsea & From Up on Poppy Hill and while I hated the animation for Earwig and the Witch I liked pretty much everything else. For me at least he is a solid director whom I am always excited to see something new from. Is he as good as his father? No not really but so what, he's good in his own right.
Rated 05 Jul 2012
ttoshittoshi
Rated 19 Mar 2012
48
13th
Incomprehensible plotline with shallow characters. It's a shame because the movie had all the Earthsea characters I already know and love!
Rated 19 Mar 2012
mckimsonMcKimson
Rated 06 Oct 2008
40
4th
worst Ghibli film
Rated 06 Oct 2008
zachreviewsZachReviews
Rated 28 Feb 2012
50
20th
I want to like this film, but its paced so badly. The dialogue is really uninteresting and doesn't draw attention to the characters, who genuinely seem to have interesting back stories. A disappointment.
Rated 28 Feb 2012
kramyessevKramYessev
Rated 28 Apr 2013
49
29th
By far the worst that Ghibli has to offer, but not all bad. The soundtrack is very endearing and Timothy Dalton does a good job, as does Dafoe, but that's about it. Goro has a lot to learn before he can hope to live up to his father's work.
Rated 28 Apr 2013
noam_razNoam Raz
Rated 26 Jan 2013
5
3rd
I really should stop seeking for meaning in the books I've loved as a child.
Rated 26 Jan 2013
matguy3matGuy3
Rated 16 Sep 2011
4
26th
A gorgeously-animated and beautifully styled setting kept this film a constant joy to watch and take in even when the plot and characters left something to be desired.
Rated 16 Sep 2011
capthemfoosCapthemfoos
Rated 03 Aug 2023
65
21st
It's OK. It's not technically a Miyazaki, but it comes from his studio. Not a complete waste of time as there is still some good animation, but probably one the least enjoyable and a somewhat more nonsensical tale of his.
Rated 03 Aug 2023
nakashimaNakashima
Rated 02 May 2015
50
10th
It took well over an hour for them to get going on the story and then it never really lived up to the long drawn out beginning. If it hadn't been my boyfriend's idea to watch it, I would have turned it off after the first hour of no discernible storyline.
Rated 02 May 2015
zulfisaidzulfisaid
Rated 20 Mar 2019
50
1st
Yerdenizle uzaktan yakından alakası yok, çok kötü çok
Rated 20 Mar 2019
treeoflifetreeoflife
Rated 27 Dec 2020
35
2nd
boring and extremely sexist. maybe that says something about Japanese traditions but never occurred to me at other Ghibli films for some reason. considering Le Guin is a woman and an author of a book (left hand of the darkness) which consists of gender fluid people, i'm inclined to think this is why this film didn't do well with both being progressive in that sense, staying true to the soul of the story and still traditionally Japanese. this is all speculation though.
Rated 27 Dec 2020
chadarnookchadarnook
Rated 18 Jul 2021
68
25th
Great art dampened by poor overall storytelling and an especially poor script.
Rated 18 Jul 2021
vengefulkbmVengefulKBM
Rated 08 Feb 2015
30
8th
Honestly completely boring. As off-brand as Ghibli gets - although it's not actively painful, it's probably Studio Ghibli's most straightforwardly incompetent effort.
Rated 08 Feb 2015
war_machineWar Machine
Rated 26 Aug 2018
82
82nd
Needsubs+animationsogood+jekylhyde-savegirlfromslavers+eternallifethennoneliveordie-lifeends/notworthsaving-nahyouafraidtolive+hekillsher-butwasreallyamagicaldragonsokillshimlol i wanted more things explained like his jekyl hyde and how/why she was a magical dragon the whole time lol
Rated 26 Aug 2018
lonewolf2003Lonewolf2003
Rated 03 Dec 2014
68
35th
This unfortunate didn't hold up that well in rewatch. It's still a pretty decent entertaining fantasy anime. The animation, especially the background animation, looks stunning at times. But it's too generic to really stand out. It misses the simple playfulness Miyazaki senior infuses all his movies with. This is much darker and serious in tone. It also makes explicit what senior so well makes implicit. While the characters still feel much more underdeveloped and the plot lackluster.
Rated 03 Dec 2014
malcymMalcym
Rated 26 Mar 2008
2
2nd
Alarmingly awful. Le Guin's novels are wonderful but this dreary adaptation, for baffling reasons, jettisons all of the most cinematic sequences - the Dragon's Run, the raft people - with elements of the second and third books pasted awkwardly together. Humourless and boring as hell.
Rated 26 Mar 2008
fenixdownfenixdown
Rated 01 Apr 2017
60
16th
Lacks the charm of your typical Ghibli film.
Rated 01 Apr 2017
ytadelYtadel
Rated 27 Feb 2014
5
57th
Kinda fun in a generic fantasy sorta way, but clearly below par compared to Ghibli's other, infinitely weirder and more creative fantasy adventures from Nausicaä to Mononoke to Ponyo to Spirited Away.
Rated 27 Feb 2014
spunkieSpunkie
Rated 03 Nov 2007
20
8th
Worse than the worst of (father) Miyazaki&Ghibli oeuvre and source material Earthsea Trilogy. Simply it has no front to pull any punches.
Rated 03 Nov 2007
silencersilencer
Rated 10 Feb 2008
45
12th
The art, animation and sound are outstanding, but it cannot helps the lack of story. I am very sad of it.
Rated 10 Feb 2008
frederFreder
Rated 24 Feb 2023
75
63rd
Despite its deliberate slow pace it's Kind of a Masterpiece, especially for a first-time director. Authough Le Guin was disappointed, I very much felt her presence in this picture. I was forced to watch this in the English dub, which is NEVER my choice for foreign language movies; but this is a better than average job with a good cast. I say the critics and the author are both wrong here! This is a very good (but slow and measured!) film fantasy, and MUCH more thoughtful than the average
Rated 24 Feb 2023
ottott
Rated 29 Oct 2014
40
20th
epic adventure awakens: just so that the balance of the entire world threatening wizard is to be found and defeated in the first simple castle that the hero happens to march upon
Rated 29 Oct 2014
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 24 Apr 2011
72
41st
For a first film this isn't so bad. A little bit dull at times, not very imaginative, the characters are stock and the animation merely adequate. And it's loaded with the typical mystical mumbo-jumbo and vague philosophical platitudes. But it still works as a fine fantasy adventure. Though the characters are a tad too familiar, the heroes are likeable and complex enough. The slow pace doesn't seem to hurt the plot development that much, and although I wasn't swept away, I was engaged enough.
Rated 24 Apr 2011
onacOnac
Rated 20 Sep 2020
75
82nd
Very good quality fantasy, but it left quite some unanswered questions in me. Just to mention one without spoiling anything, I am not sure about the true nature of a main character, even after watching through the movie. Nonetheless, I say it's a must watch for all traditional fantasy fans. There is magic here which is rare to find, and would be a shame to miss it.
Rated 20 Sep 2020
muciamucia
Rated 08 Jun 2010
10
1st
Title should be Gedo Senki... and it has nothing common with Ursula's Le Guin series... it's like comparing Pope to Neo from Matrix. The film is total misunderstanding !
Rated 08 Jun 2010
qubrickkqubrickk
Rated 09 Feb 2024
61
13th
skor se nič ne spomnim, tko da ne more bit lih, se pa spomnim da je blo čist prijetno
Rated 09 Feb 2024
psimpsim
Rated 29 Mar 2018
66
18th
During the first half of the movie I was wondering why this one has such a bad reputation, as it opens intriguingly, has good music and really pretty background drawings in the city they first come to. But eventually it introduces some pretty weak villains and loses steam overall. The conclusion relies on character backstory and magical concepts that are only poorly explained if at all.
Rated 29 Mar 2018
tj_monsterTJ monster
Rated 07 Jan 2023
70
69th
great movie, soundtrack could be better but very nice animation style with a resonating unique story
Rated 07 Jan 2023
gogolitgogolit
Rated 18 Jul 2014
30
6th
So so so bad. Horribly bad. No characters, no plot, no story, and worst of all no imagination. So bland, no spark. A dead, lifeless film. Missing everything present in his father's incredible work. I couldn't even finish it. Waste of time.
Rated 18 Jul 2014
reiveReive
Rated 22 Oct 2008
30
9th
The ending on this movie really makes no sense. I wont spoil it here.. but it really hurt my score for this movie. The animation is certainly the best thing about this movie, but that's not saying a lot. Also, the voice over they chose for "Cob" was really a mistake.
Rated 22 Oct 2008
keyutkanKeyUtkan
Rated 21 May 2020
63
43rd
I didnt read the real story or aint have a solid idea about this fantastic-verse. But this movie is a lackluster. Its not engaging, its floating around w/o touching anything, it aint fills any emptyness in the plot. Its not terrible or bad, But for ghibli standarts its kinda bottom entry. And for general animated story telling its not great at that part either. Its enjoyable but ı wouldnt try to gain specific time to watch this. Like ı do for other ghibli works.
Rated 21 May 2020
lucasassisLucasAssis
Rated 06 Jan 2010
93
70th
Poético, mágico, e apaixonante!
Rated 06 Jan 2010
donquixoticdonquixotic
Rated 27 Jun 2016
30
17th
Nice to look at but boring as anything - the storytelling was sorely lacking for some reason
Rated 27 Jun 2016
undermindmUndermind_M
Rated 19 Aug 2009
30
2nd
Confusing, and completely mutilated a book I love!
Rated 19 Aug 2009
weirdyodaweirdyoda
Rated 21 Aug 2010
68
22nd
An epic Japanese telling of a western wizard book that looks beautiful. Weirdly non-Miyazaki.
Rated 21 Aug 2010
paulofilmopaulofilmo
Rated 14 Dec 2011
69
46th
I left the lights on, fiber-optic christmas tree, etc. Sat down with a cup of tea and watched this. Pleasant. Didn't make any sense. But pleasant.
Rated 14 Dec 2011
derodero
Rated 26 Jun 2020
84
45th
84
Rated 26 Jun 2020
shinysingershinySinger
Rated 26 Mar 2020
71
32nd
good characters? consistent plot line? in this movie? i dont think so
Rated 26 Mar 2020

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