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My Neighbor Totoro

Tonari no Totoro

1988

Hayao Miyazaki

Animation

7.7

49,342

Animation. Fantasy. Kids Two young girls, Satsuke and her younger sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuke and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Here is a children's film made for the world we should live in, rather than the one we occupy (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Mike Hale The New York Times	"This is deceptively simple and childlike but enormously moving, a direct portal to the joys and terrors of childhood."	POS
United Kingdom	Steve Rose The Guardian	"It's a captivating world you won't want to come home from (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"The relaxed pacing allows for the natural development of the two girls and, more importantly, provides an opportunity to see things through their eyes (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Charles Solomon Los Angeles Times	"A charming fantasy (...) A gentle and affirming film. It’s certain to delight smaller children"	POS
United States	Jordan Cronk Slant	"It’s this very confidence (...) that storytelling this pure and innocent, this honest and disarming, can provoke similarly lasting memories, that has solidified 'My Neighbor Totoro's status as a classic of the medium (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"Everything sings of the innocence and wonderment of youth and, while some may bemoan the minimalist storyline, the graphics are an utter delight (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ted Shen Chicago Reader	"Sheer enchantment, this 1989 animated feature is a key early work by Hayao Miyazaki"	POS

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