My Neighbors the Yamadas

Name: My Neighbors the Yamadas
Genre: Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: December 22, 2000
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Akiko Yano, Chôchô Miyako, Hayato Isohata, James Belushi, Kosanji Yanagiya

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Shochiku | Release Date: December 22, 2000 | PG

Starring: Akiko Yano, Chôchô Miyako, Hayato Isohata, James Belushi, Kosanji Yanagiya, Masako Araki, Naomi Uno, Tamao Nakamura, Tôru Masuoka, Yukiji Asaoka

Summary: The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan.

Director: Isao Takahata

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 104 min

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J.R. Jones

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). Read full review

Mike Hale

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. Read full review

Tasha Robinson

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. Read full review

Luis Reyes

Rendered in Japanese ink wash, it is a surreal look at nuclear family dynamics. [21 Oct 2014, p.D5]

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KieranRhino

Jul 26, 2023

I love the animation style. The writing is really witty, making it really funny compared to other Ghibli movies.

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RandUm801eee

Sep 16, 2022

One of the most underrated Ghibli movies. The all-digital comic aesthetic is enticing, and feels like a dry run for Princess Kaguya. It combines the human introspection of films like Only Yesterday with a light sense of humor that stands out among the Ghibli canon.

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alejandro970

Mar 22, 2020

Done in pencil sketch and watercolor, is one day (two, three) on the life of a typical Japanese family; not a plot in special, it's a dairy experience count with mixed feelings of humor, especially when the father is shown as a motorbike superhero. For Ghibli fans, in this home arrest days.

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