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- 2000
- PG
- GKIDS
- 1 h 44 m
- 2000
- PG
- GKIDS
- 1 h 44 m
Directed By: Isao Takahata
Written By: Hisaichi Ishii, Leo Chu, Eric Garcia, Isao Takahata
- 2000
- PG
- GKIDS
- 1 h 44 m
- 2000
- PG
- GKIDS
- 1 h 44 m
My Neighbors the Yamadas
75
7.3
Directed By: Isao Takahata
Written By: Hisaichi Ishii, Leo Chu, Eric Garcia, Isao Takahata
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Mr. Takahata’s broad, cartoony family comedy whose smeary watercolor washes and Peanuts-like line drawings don’t follow Ghibli’s house style. The family’s misadventures are standard stuff, but the art is continuously inventive.
The movie is impressive for its even mix of snarky humor and sincere sentiment, and even more impressive when one considers that director Isao Takahata made his name with the harrowing antiwar drama Grave of the Fireflies (1988).
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The domestic humor is often too culture-specific to play for a non-Japanese audience, but Yamadas does have its accessible moments, particularly in the sweet extended opening flight of fantasy.
Rendered in Japanese ink wash, it is a surreal look at nuclear family dynamics. [21 Oct 2014, p.D5]
Production Company
Tokuma Shoten,
Studio Ghibli,
Nippon Television Network (NTV),
Hakuhodo,
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release Date Dec 22, 2000
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating PG
Tagline The ups and downs of life.
