Tales From Earthsea -- Film Review

Arriving Stateside four years after its Japanese debut in an English-language version exec produced by John Lasseter, "Tales From Earthsea" from Goro Miyazaki, son of legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki, is an artistically arresting yet narratively lame and strangely unfocused cartoon aimed at older children and young adults. For animation fans, the film is well worth the look but no one should expect anything like the magisterial work of the elder Miyazaki. The Disney release will have a brief theatrical run prior to the DVD debut.