SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Michael_Elliott Japanese Fantasy (1909) ** 1/2 (out of 4)This film from director Emile Cohl is actually the shortest I've seen from him since this lasts just under a minute. What we basically get is some stop-motion, which shows us various haiku dolls that seem to come to life and other insects that show up. Trying to find any sort of story in a Cohl film is very difficult and that's certainly true here. Considering this thing runs less than a minutes, it's really hard to judge it but on a technical level it's rather impressive and especially some of the monstrous images that you see. I'm sure you could probably show this thing to a young child today and it would still manage to scare them. I thought the effect with the mice was quite effective as well.

MartinHafer When you watch the earliest silent films, you really need to adjust your expectations. What might seem like a very inconsequential film today might have been a huge hit and innovative title in its day. That's how it often is with the films of the French filmmaker and animator, Émile Cohl."Japanese Magic" is one of the less coherent themes I've seen in a Cohl film. Various Japanese-inspired figures come and go using stop=motion but the film is VERY brief and doesn't seem to have much plot. It's more like an experimental film by Cohl and I can't see it having much interest to anyone today but film scholars and historians. They do get much better than this!