On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Regardless of its merits as a movie, the fact that it even exists in such a dire time for animated cinema is something worth celebrating. A still from Mary and the Witch’s Flower. The website's critical consensus reads, "Mary and the Witch's Flower honors its creator's Studio Ghibli roots with a gentle, beautifully animated story whose simplicity is rounded out by its entrancing visuals." Based on Mary Stewart's 1971 classic children's book "The Little Broomstick", "Mary and The Witch's Flower" is an action-packed film full of jaw-dropping imaginative worlds, ingenious characters, and the stirring, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to find a place in the world. “Mary and the Witch’s Flower” is something of a miracle. Photograph: Altitude Film S tudio Ghibli, the celebrated Japanese animation studio founded by Hayao Miyazaki, may have shuttered its production wing. With 'Mary And The Witch's Flower,' A Studio Ghibli Offshoot Blooms Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, a Ghibli veteran, has made an animated film that owes a …