Film198886 min

My Neighbor Totoro

Name: My Neighbor Totoro
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1988
Duration: 86 min
Cast: Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto

Taste attributes: animationfamilyfantasymonster/alien/supernaturalsuperherocomedyfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginaryintricatelinearglossyemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA fantastical animated family film that is wholesome, stylish and fresh. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: very glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

8.1 /10

TMDB · 5,661 votes

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What lines up

Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it

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Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

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Synopsis

Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.

Synopsis: TMDB