Kiki's Delivery Service

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (20 reviews)

  • 85% of users liked it
    (71,688 ratings)

Veteran animator Hayao Miyazaki directs this buoyant children's adventure yarn about a young witch striking out on her own. At her mother's behest, 13-year-old Kiki sets out on a year-long apprenticeship with her black cat in tow. With a shaky command of her broom, she ends up in a charming little… More

G, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By
Hayao Miyazaki
Written By
Hayao Miyazaki
Genres
Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Jul 29, 1989 Wide
On DVD
Apr 15, 2003
Optimum Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Ken Eisner, Variety

    Top-drawer kiddie fare for both fans of the exotic and mainstream family auds.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    A wonderful and enchanting animated film about a 13-year-old girl's initiation into adulthood through her adventures in a strange city.

  • Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com

    The magic of Kiki is the girl's sense of wonder in her new world, whether it's her soaring flight among the migrating geese or a bicycle ride... to see the dirigible.

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    A fine, sincere piece of bittersweet delight.

  • Ryan Cracknell, Movie Views

    An excellent alternative to much of the frenetic, princess-driven fare that seems to dominate the genre.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • danny d


    even in the fantastical miyazaki gives us a realistic female character, something more true to life and down to earth than the princesses we normally get from animation with female leads. this film is a bit more reductionist than some of his better known films, and it moves a bit… More

  • Michael S


    The first film by Hayao Miyazaki that I saw. It's still his most purely enjoyable film and features one of his best heroines.

  • Christopher H


    Another Miyazaki classic. Who knew the day-to-day exploits of Kiki could be personal yet so epic. Kiki is one of Miyazaki's greatest characters and the animation brings her and the strange city she lives in to vivid life. I also really liked Kiki's talking cat who was… More

  • Michael E


    Its cute, entertaining, beautifully animated, and perfect for the entire film. Kirsten Dunst does a great job in her first film as Kiki, and Phil Hartman does a great and funny performance in one of his last roles as her cat Gigi

  • Anthony L


    I didn't love Kiki's delivery service as much as I thought I would. Hayao Miyazaki is a great director of animation but I much prefer the more fantastical and bizarre studio Ghibli films, this one seems a little tame in that sense. I still loved it though, particularly… More

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