hayao miyazaki have capture the imagination of audience young and old across the globe and and his most recent cinematic work of art be ponyo and a child fairytale borrowing on story element from the little mermaid . of course like other miyazaki classic such a spirit away and his last film and howl move castle and ponyo be full of a creativity that can only be truly appreciate by adult and but this it be distinctly more a child story than those recent effort . it a magical story best describe a beautiful and lovable and aim for charm instead of conflict . ponyo be the story of a bug eye childish look fish of the same name and the daughter of an undersea sorcerer and who long to escape the sea and become a little girl . when she do and she quickly befriend a young boy name sosuke . in the process she gain a strong magic and unknowingly throw the world out of balance between land and sea and and a giant storm drown most of the cliff top town where sosuke live with his mother and and it threaten to end the world . like howl move castle and walt disney pick up ponyo for an american release and dub it over with an impressive selection of western voice and even choose homegrown product in the young sibling of disney band the jonas brother ( frankie jonas ) and miley cyrus ( young sister noah ) to voice sosuke and ponyo and respectively . also voice character be liam neeson ( fujimoto and ponyo father ) and tina fey ( lisa and sosuke mother ) and matt damon ( sosuke father ) and cate blanchett ( ponyo sea goddess mother ) and a trio of hilarious elderly woman be play by betty white and cloris leachman and lily tomlin . the effort be definitely there to make this film appeal to american audience and disney be get close . but voice be of little significance in a miyazaki film and which be all about visual creativity . a fan of transformation and animate liquid and fluid motion and create a fairytale take place partly underwater must have be a joy for miyazaki to work with and maybe even his entire motivation for choose this story . among the highlight be droplet of water that fujimoto send after ponyo that move like living wave and as well a a variety of other magnificent sea creature and breathtaking storm scene make ponyo as awe a any other miyazaki film . a a child story and however and ponyo concentrate it effort on be adorable . the discovery of true friendship and love between sosuke and ponyo be heart warm and even if noah cyrus shout childishly when ponyo excitedly embrace human life can get a bit annoy . but as delightful a many of the imaginative element and love relationship be and there very little antagonism or danger . past miyazaki film have clear villain and but the conflict in ponyo actually shrink a the story go along . sosuke believe he lose his mother at one point and in the background be the idea of the world go out of whack and that human should be ashamed of pollute the sea and but ponyo be mostly tension free . most glaringly and it climax be uneventful despite how overall likable all the character be . ponyo will surely satisfy miyazaki fan in every way with it imagination and and newcomer will still be smite by his simple yet visually ambitious storytelling and but this be distinctly more of a child movie and best for family and others who love fantasy regardless of it form or target audience . it not quite what you would expect from miyazaki consider his recent work and but it sure to be remember a another of his beloved story . ~steven cvisit my site at http represent or or moviemusereviews . blogspot . com .