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.
16 April 1994, San Marcos, California, USA
9 February 1978, Dublin, Ireland
16 April 1952, Detroit, Michigan, USA
23 August 1956, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
24 September 1979, Portland, Oregon, USA
14 June 1992, Torrance, California, USA
20 June 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 October 1942, Peoria, Illinois, USA
11 October 1951, San Francisco, California, USA
19 August 2000, North Carolina, USA
11 November 1990, Denville, New Jersey, USA
10 September 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
February 27, 1969 in Fukuoka, Japan
25 May 1939, McLemoresville, Tennessee, USA
23 July 1935, Tokyo, Japan
16 September 1964, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
2 June 1942, Oklahoma, USA
23 July 1951, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
15 June 1954, Chicago, Illinois, USA
23 April 1990, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA
3 August 1955, West Los Angeles, California, USA
2 October 1962, Houston, Texas, USA
July 6, 1920 in Tokyo, Japan
21 January 1997, Boise, Idaho, USA
July 12, 1939 in Kyoto, Japan
August 20, 2005
charming
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
August 05, 2006
...the movie would be best served by a viewing in separate installments.
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.
