My Neighbors the Yamadas
The film is a series of vignettes following the daily lives of the Yamada family. With tales that range from the humourous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems and joys in their own way.
29 October 1935, Ise, Mie, Japan
2 September 1951, Tamano, Okayama, Japan
29 October 1935, Ise, Mie, Japan
16 April 1994, San Marcos, California, USA
16 April 1952, Detroit, Michigan, USA
31 October 1942, Peoria, Illinois, USA
25 May 1939, McLemoresville, Tennessee, USA
15 June 1954, Chicago, Illinois, USA
23 July 1935, Tokyo, Japan
19 August 2000, North Carolina, USA
10 September 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 August 1955, West Los Angeles, California, USA
August 05, 2006
...the movie would be best served by a viewing in separate installments.
January 11, 2012
Quirky animated comedy follows a family's ups and downs.
June 10, 2010
For all that they are cartoons, the Yamadas never court buffoonery... In fact, it's surprisingly observational, based in the way that people honestly act and feel.
February 20, 2014
A deceptively slight film, imbuing into its simplistic animation style and sly humor an astounding level of philosophy
November 09, 2004
Unlike all other animated works from the celebrated Studio [Ghibli]
July 11, 2013
There's a crabby, gleeful spirit to the whole thing, carried along by animated bursts of imagination, snippets of haiku, and spirited song. Amid all the disgruntlement and dismay, there's a sweet we're-all-in-this-life-togetherness.
September 12, 2005
Fluffy as a French pastry and almost as cloyingly sweet.
August 20, 2005
charming
