My Neighbor Totoro - Studio Ghibli Fest 2025
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When sisters Satsuki and Mei explore the woods behind their new home, they discover a gaggle of forest spirits, including the gentle giant, Totoro. From Academy Award® winner Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbor Totoro is an undisputed animated masterpiece.
Cast
- Noriko Hidaka
- Chika Sakamoto
- Shigesato Itoi
- Sumi Shimamoto
- Tanie Kitabayashi
- Hitoshi Takagi
- Hiroko Maruyama
- Machiko Washio
- Reiko Suzuki
- Masashi Hirose
Moviegoers are saying
This Miyazaki masterpiece has viewers experiencing profound childhood wonder, with many declaring it superior to Spirited Away for its pure heart over epic scope. Audiences are polarized between those who find transcendent beauty in its unconventional storytelling and others frustrated by its deliberate lack of traditional narrative structure.
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4.2
2.9M
382.5K
1.1M
- Oct 21, 2014
No plot. No central character. No antagonist. No defined purpose for side characters. No threat. No three acts. No jokes. No punchlines. No explanations. No internal references. No catchphrases. No political polemical voice. No melodrama. No lessons. No…
David JenkinsJun 15, 2020Totoro has leaf on head : )
mia lee vicinoFeb 23, 2020IS THIS WHAT HAPPINESS FEELS LIKE?????
maria - Mar 8, 2017
CAT BUS
LucyAug 23, 2020“you changed” bro i met totoro in the woods and took a ride on his magic cat bus
siobhanJul 19, 2018Gonna come right out and say it. It was better than Spirited Away. While Spirited Away is definitely more epic and has a lot more ideas to it, Totoro has a lot more heart and personality. For the first time in a long time I can genuinely say I feel like a kid again and I…
Karsten - Jan 10, 2021
the film equivalent of a warm hug :(
aaronI daresay Totoro’s roar is greater than mine. I would be able to hear him from miles away.
PaddingtonJun 30, 2020and then there's my neighbor who cheats on his wife and files noise complaints
hunter strawberry
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Poov lovedMy Neighbor TotoroOne of favorite childhood movies I loved all the creatures, especially the cat bus
Yanziel dislikedMy Neighbor TotoroIt felt like 3 hours of basically nothing happening. It just felt like you were following the 2 main characters doing normal things and nothing felt magical as other people have claimed it to be.
Lola lovedMy Neighbor TotoroTo everybody rating less than love... who hurt you?
- Aleksander Guimaraes likedMy Neighbor Totoro
sweet film, kids were a little annoying tho
Joseph Guerra dislikedMy Neighbor TotoroBoring plot
Sabrina Bondi likedMy Neighbor TotoroAn astonishing achievement of handcrafted animation, Miyazaki’s third Ghibli film solidified the studio’s presence, and has become an enduring symbol of its excellence.
- Cole likedMy Neighbor Totoro
Only put like because meh seemed a bit harsh. Story was good. I will not watch again.
Kat is "meh" onMy Neighbor Totoro2/5 boring but very good music
jovanna is "meh" onMy Neighbor Totorothe little kid is annoying
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- RHRebecca Huppler
Not just for the children.
SASandeep AgarwalTHIS IS A MUST SEE MOVIE FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS!! So much violence, sex, drugs, killing, just all types of evil in Hollywood. This movie is the exact opposite and WONDERFUL AS SUCH!!
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Metacritic
Miyazaki so effectively captures the feeling of a child’s life, inside as well as out, that little ones are often mesmerized by the movie, and adults are returned to a time when they could enjoy mystery for its own sake.
Sam Adams
The A.V. Club
Here is a children's film made for the world we should live in, rather than the one we occupy. A film with no villains. No fight scenes. No evil adults. No fighting between the two kids. No scary monsters. No darkness before the dawn. A world that is benign. A world where if you meet a strange towering creature in the forest, you curl up on its tummy and have a nap.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
An otherworldly tale of childhood and a definitive work of imagination.
Dan Jolin
Empire
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