- Cineit.blogOctober 12, 2025At first, I thought "Deep Sea" was a mess. It's a relentless explosion of color and frantic action that feels random and exhausting. I was ready to write it off as a "Spirited Away" wannabe. But then the ending hits, and everything clicks into place. It’s a beautiful, heartbreaking story about childhood depression that is powerfully emotional and incredibly creative. The unique animation, blending CGI with traditional Chinese ink painting, is absolutely stunning. This isn't a movie for little kids, and it demands patience, but stick with it. The payoff is more than worth it. An absolute masterpiece
- Kevin WardJuly 2, 2025Visually stunning. At times, it’s legitimately one of the best looking animated movies I’ve seen. Unfortunately, I didn’t connect which the story for most of the runtime. It’s clearly inspired by Miyazaki’s Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle, but it just didn’t quite work as well for me. Part of it had to do with the language translation and the fact that the dialogue moves so fast at times that it’s hard to catch what’s being said. Not to mention I really didn’t want to be reading subtitles since it was distracting from all the eye candy on the screen. I really wanted to rate it higher because it’s truly a stunning looking film, but the reality is that I was bored for large chunks in the middle. I still recommend checking it out if you’re a fan of animation. The trailer gives a pretty good taste of what you could expect.
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Deep Sea was released on January 22, 2023.
Deep Sea was directed by Tian Xiaopeng.
Deep Sea has a runtime of 1h 52m.
Deep Sea was produced by Jing Wang, Wei Yunyun, Wang Ren, Qiao Yi.
Shenxiu has felt a deep sadness since her mother left. A storm plunges her into a dreamlike world of swirling colour. Led by the Hyjinx, and joined by inventive underwater chef Nanhe, she embarks on a quest to find solace in the Eye of the Deep Sea.
The key characters in Deep Sea are Shenxiu (voice) (Wang Tingwen), Nanhe / Xiao Chou (voice) (Su Xin), Chief Mate (Da Fu) / Father (voice) (Kuixing Teng).
Deep Sea is rated PG-13.
Deep Sea is an Animation, Adventure, Drama film.
Deep Sea has an audience rating of 7.8 out of 10.
Deep Sea had a budget of $28.7M.
Deep Sea has made $136.1M at the box office.