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My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)

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Tales in the life of a Japanese middle-class family.

PG, 1 hr. 44 min.

Drama, Animation, Kids & Family, Comedy

Hisaichi Ishii, Isao Takahata

Aug 16, 2005

All Critics (6) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (2) | DVD (17)

Quirky animated comedy follows a family's ups and downs.

January 11, 2012 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

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.

June 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | Comment
Antagony & Ecstasy

...the movie would be best served by a viewing in separate installments.

August 5, 2006 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

It's far more wacky than anything you'd seen in the Sunday comics.

September 23, 2005 Full Review | Comment
International Press Academy

Fluffy as a French pastry and almost as cloyingly sweet.

September 12, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Film Freak Central

Most [segments] are pleasingly bite-sized, occasionally moving, and rather funny.

September 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine | Comment

Buena Vista digs deep to release two more Studio Ghibli films on DVD

September 1, 2005 Full Review Source: Movie Habit | Comment
Movie Habit

charming

August 20, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

Unlike all other animated works from the celebrated Studio [Ghibli]

November 9, 2004 Full Review | Comment
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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

September 28, 2011
Jan Marc Macababayao

Super Reviewer

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

June 24, 2010
Doctor0Quinzel

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