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The Boy and the Beast
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #130
- IMDb #139
- Google retired #85
- Rotten Tomatoes #106
- Metacritic #210
- Letterboxd #143
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #157
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #101
- Metacritic Critics #209
- Metacritic Audience #192
- Criticker #86
- Kinopoisk #22
- AlloCiné #26
- Trakt #86
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 59, highest is Google on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A lonely young runaway stumbles into a hidden world and becomes the apprentice of a rough-mannered, powerful beast-man who is a master swordsman. The boy grows up in this strange realm, learning to fight and survive under his gruff teacher's care. Their initial teacher-student rivalry slowly evolves into a deep, father-son bond as they both prepare for a coming conflict that threatens both of their worlds.
Details
- Director
- Mamoru Hosoda
- Writer
- Mamoru Hosoda
- Released
- 11 July 2015
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese, German, Portuguese, Italian, English, Spanish, French
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $49.7M
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Japan Academy Prize 2016 | Animation of the Year | Winner |
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