Featured Audience Ratings

• Jan Marc M

  
  A chronicle of the Yamada Japanese family, My Neighbors The Yamadas is a coarse, but creative animation output from Studio Ghibli that fragmentary narrates the comical encounters of the members of the Yamada family. A satire of the relevant in marriage, family, and contemporary… More
  A chronicle of the Yamada Japanese family, My Neighbors The Yamadas is a coarse, but creative animation output from Studio Ghibli that fragmentary narrates the comical encounters of the members of the Yamada family. A satire of the relevant in marriage, family, and contemporary domestic affairs, My Neighbors The Yamadas remarks a contemplation on the quality of relationships within a family. Raucously lively.

• Matthew Y

  
  One of the biggest dilemmas in reviewing films is reviewing a movie knowing you are not the target audience. My Neighbors the Yamadas is a slow and painful watch for an adult, but adults are not the audience The Yamadas are shooting for. They're going for a very young audience,… More
  One of the biggest dilemmas in reviewing films is reviewing a movie knowing you are not the target audience. My Neighbors the Yamadas is a slow and painful watch for an adult, but adults are not the audience The Yamadas are shooting for. They're going for a very young audience, like 3-5 years old. Will 3-5 year olds like The Yamadas? If they do does that alone make it a good film? It's a difficult predicament to be in. I can watch Sesame Street or Mr. Rodger's with an young child but Barney the Dinosaur makes me want to blow my brains out. Does that make one program better than the other? Ultimately there are films geared towards the very very young that are more than tolerable for adults as well (Winnie the Pooh, My Neighbor Totoro, Follow That Bird, etc.) and so I split the difference with My Neighbor's The Yamadas.

• Marion R

  
  This reminds me of the "funny pages" from the newspaper, 3 comic panels which are suppose to elicit laughter, but in fact leaves you thinking, 'who the fuck thinks this is funny?'. That is exactly what this film was like a much of short panels that I assume were… More
  This reminds me of the "funny pages" from the newspaper, 3 comic panels which are suppose to elicit laughter, but in fact leaves you thinking, 'who the fuck thinks this is funny?'. That is exactly what this film was like a much of short panels that I assume were suppose to elicit some laughter, I don't know if it was a cultural or if it just wasn't interesting enough, but I only had twenty minutes left until the end of the film and I just turned it off. I just didn't care. Plus in the beginning it felt really preachy and "quote-y". blah.....

• Ivan D

  
  Isao Takahata's "My Neighbors the Yamadas" is the complete opposite of his well-known masterpiece "Grave of the Fireflies". It dealt with common family trials and presenting it to us audiences with humorously light-hearted touch. And while "Grave of the… More
  Isao Takahata's "My Neighbors the Yamadas" is the complete opposite of his well-known masterpiece "Grave of the Fireflies". It dealt with common family trials and presenting it to us audiences with humorously light-hearted touch. And while "Grave of the Fireflies" used stark, and realistic animation, "Yamadas" used a more unconventional, surreal style, to accompany the comic nature of the film. The opening sequence used unique objects to allegorically represent common family situations. Many said that this is not on par with "Grave", but for me, it is also great on its own.