One of a handful of Studio Ghibli films I have seen before, but it had been a long time. Always bitter sweet when Phil Hartman pops up in something. Comfy laidback exploration of growth, boundaries, motivation, balance, self care, and so on.
Four stars out of five.
Not nearly as good as Paulie released the same year but I have room in my heart for more than 1 wise-cracking parrot movie from 1998. Unlike Paulie this film has buried pirate treasure and Australian accents. Within the first 10 minutes of the film the parrot shits on someones face and the kid does a skateboard trick over a dog. The main thing holding this film back is it echos so many tropes beat by beat from every other…
It costs $180 dollars to watch this public domain based horror anthology film. Let it become lost media, good riddance.
