The Deer King

audience Reviews

, 82% Audience Score
  • Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
    This animation was beautiful but the ending was very disappointing. The entire movie built up the relationship between the main character and the girl he had taken under his wing just for him to leave in the end. They also built an insane amount of romantic tension between the main character and the doctor and then nothing happened. They should have kissed.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    The animation, the music, the characters are very good, the story also good , maybe it's not clear enough, but I really like it very much, I wish they would show another part explaining the background story of the film so that the picture would be clearer for viewers , but it is still very good for me and I love it too much
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    The Deer King is a visually stunning film with an epic soundtrack that stumbles along with its story. It seems like 30 minutes of The Deer King is missing from the movie; 30 very important minutes would have helped explain what is going on in the story. With too many subplots that clash with each other, it's easy to be confused with the story. A story I'm still not 100% sure what was happening. At least it looked cool.
  • Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
    Aurora Borealis, at this time of day, at this time of year, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?
  • Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    Great animation resembling Ghibli, however a woefully predictable story.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    Really good. Worth watching at-least once.
  • Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    Visually is lovely the characters are engaging and memorable the only issue is it feels incomplete the whole geopolitical problem is tossed aside and the ending is inferred in the credits so probably the main character desired a normal life for his ward so he became the successor maybe. So yes they give you a speed run of the novels and fail to give a proper ending but still better than a lot of movies I have seen. It does feel like the Last of us though.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    A beautiful and rich film filled with intrigue, love, hope, loss, desolation, and beauty. The Deer King is a film that won't be for everyone, but a marvelous ride for those who love fantasy.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    A bit long and some of the story was convoluted and didn't exactly make sense, but might be because it was adapted from a book and the director may have taken creative liberties. I did enjoy it immensely though and it has made me interested in reading the book so I can see how loyal the movie is to the source material. Would watch again!
  • Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Spiritual successor to Princess Mononoke