Kiki's Delivery Services

This early Miyazaki work is a delightful, meandering story of a young

witch Kiki making her mark on a provincial seaside town, with her cat

Gigi, long before Harry Potter was ever heard of. There are lessons

along the way, as enthusiastic Gigi makes friends and becomes an

unlikely heroine.

Miyazaki's meticulous and breathtaking evocation of place gives us this

time a Japanese take on a French town, in a world where witches fly from

place to place on broomsticks. The art work is superb and haunting.

As always the English language version can grate if you are not

American - Gigi the cat has been given a particularly irritating voice,

which makes you think of Sabrina the teenage witch. But you can readily

forgive this film..

If you're ill in bed, or just tired and low, put this on to remind you

that life can be sweet, too. Kids and adults will love it.