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Only Yesterdayanimation

Omohide Poro Poro

1991

Isao Takahata

Animation

7.2

4,189

Animation. Drama. Romance Only Yesterday revolves around Taeko, a single woman working a desk job in Tokyo in 1982, taking a vacation in the countryside with the family of her sister in-law. During her vacation, Taeko finds herself looking back at her time as a young schoolgirl growing up in 1966. The film flips back and forth between the two time periods with a lot of nostalgia and beautiful country scenery as Taeko sorts out her flashbacks and tries to make ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"An animation miracle so subtle that it doesn't fully hit you till you take it home and into your dreams (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"
		Ty Burr Boston Globe	"Takahata and his animators balance aspects of nostalgia and the present day, urban modernity and rural timelessness, love and regret with a visual and aural sensitivity that draws a viewer in from the first frames"
		Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"A melancholy meditation on coming of age (...) It's its refusal to shy away from big themes that makes this such a rare and powerful film"
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"I have little in common with Takeo, yet I related to her experiences as if they were my own. This represents the genius of Takahata."
		Tal Rosenberg Chicago Reader	"Half coming-of-age story, half adult drama, the film demonstrates Takahata's belief that animation need not be limited to children's fantasy."
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"A realistic, personal story made universal in a delicate way."
		Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer	"'Only Yesterday' is a meditation on coming of age, the ways our personalities are formed, and informed."
		Tom Keogh Seattle Times	"Another sumptuous visual feast from the studio, full of endless images finely detailed and often lavish."
		Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"Handkerchiefs should be considered essential for viewing this lovely, overlooked-in-the-U.S. addition to Takahata and Ghibli's already perfect CV."
		Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"Like 'Kaguya,' it functions as a highly sensitive and empathetic consideration of the situation of women in Japanese society-but it's also a breathtaking work of art on its own."

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