The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
Fantasy · Animation · Adventure · 1999
Sakura Kinomoto, a Card Captor, wins a game of chance and is awarded a trip to Hong Kong, along with her best friend Tomoyo and her rival, Syaoran Li. It turns out that the ancient rival of Clow Reed, the creator of the mysterious and powerful Clow Cards, summoned them, and she's out for revenge. A battle ensues, and secrets are revealed about Clow Reed's shady past and Sakura's connection to him.
Movie details
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
1999 Fantasy · Animation · Adventure 1h 21m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.7 / 10
Community rating
Sakura Kinomoto, a Card Captor, wins a game of chance and is awarded a trip to Hong Kong, along with her best friend Tomoyo and her rival, Syaoran Li. It turns out that the ancient rival of Clow Reed, the creator of the mysterious and powerful Clow Cards, summoned them, and she's out for revenge. A battle ensues, and secrets are revealed about Clow Reed's shady past and Sakura's connection to him.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Morio Asaka
Written by
Nanase Okawa
Sakura Tange
Sakura Kinomoto (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Kero (voice)
Junko Iwao
Tomoyo Daidouji (voice)
Motoko Kumai
Shaoran Li (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Touya Kinomoto (voice)
Megumi Ogata
Yukito Tsukishiro (voice)
Yukana
Meilin Li (voice)
Court is in session
Put Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.