Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In “Ponyo,” boy meets goldfish. Yes, it’s a love story. From the first moments in which undulating jellyfish make their way across the screen and the score ...

To watch the image of a young girl burbling with laughter as she runs atop cresting waves in “Ponyo” is to be reminded of how infrequently the movies seem to express joy now, how rarely they sweep us ...

For everyone else, though, “Ponyo” will seem beautiful but surprisingly boring: a children’s film that’s at once overly simplistic and needlessly nonsensical. The hand-drawn images can be wondrous and ...

If you’re 5 years old, or under the influence of some sort of hallucinogenic drug, “Ponyo” is probably awesome. Clearly, these are the ideal scenarios in which to watch the latest animated fantasy ...

Hayao Miyazaki’s magical “Ponyo” blends fantasy with just a drop of reality, and the result is irresistible. Midway through the movie, two small children are left alone in a hilltop house as a ...

If you’re 5 years old, or under the influence of some sort of hallucinogenic drug, “Ponyo” is probably awesome. Clearly, these are the ideal scenarios in which to watch the latest animated fantasy ...

It feels safe -- and that extends to the casting in this English-language version. Rather than playing in Japanese with subtitles, "Ponyo" is coming to a multiplex near you with a team of all-stars ...

LOS ANGELES | If you're 5 years old, or under the influence of some sort of hallucinogenic drug, 'Ponyo' is probably awesome. Clearly, these are the ideal scenarios in which to watch the latest ...

If you don’t mind semi-ignoring the plot of “Ponyo” — and the movie makes it exceedingly easy to do just that — the latest feature from Japanese animation god Hayao Miyazaki (“Spirited Away,” “Howl’s ...

Swimming along with something close to masterful strokes,”Ponyo” is a trip. “Ponyo” is a trip in the throwback sense, in that the HayaoMiyazaki animation reminds us a little of “Yellow Submarine,” ...