Ben Meyers’ rating:
4.9|5.0 Stars
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Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia
Storyline
Kubo (voice of
Art Parkinson) lives in a cave and takes care of his mother Sariatu (voice of Charlize Theron). He makes his living by telling a warrior story about his father to the village people. But, he does not know the end of the story and his mother due to a head injury cannot remember the ending to the story. When Kubo
learns of a festival that enables people to talk to the dead, he unsuccessfully
attempts to talk to his father. He becomes angry that his father does not appear and he inadvertently stays out past dark (which he was warned not to do). He is attacked by his mother's witch-like sisters, Karasu and Washi (voice of Rooney Mara); but his mother appears, fights them away, and sends him to a place where they cannot find him. The adventure begins as Kubo works
to find his way back to the village and Sariatu.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Directors and Producers Travis
Knight and Arianne Sutner for directing the film and making it possible. Additional characters/cast include: Monkey (voice of Charlize
Theron), Moon King (voice of Ralph Fiennes), Kameyo (voice of Brenda Vaccaro),
Hashi (voice of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), Mari (voice of Meyrick Murphy), Hosato
(voice of George Takei), Beetle (voice of Matthew McConaughey), Minae (voice of
Minae Noji), Aiko (voice of Alpha Takahashi), Miho (voice of Laura Miro), and
Ken (voice of Ken Takemoto).
Buy a ticket? Yes?
No? Maybe?
Yes. This is one of the best animations of 2016. Fabulous work for Director Travis Knight and Laika Studios.
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