Wonderful

Rating: 10/10 (27 February 2010)

My Neighbor Totoro is one of those truly wonderful films that transcend the words "heartwarming" and "joyful." This is a movie that any human from 5 to 95 can enjoy. There is something truly powerful and transcendent about happiness and innocence; and Totoro is a reminder that there is something happy and joyful inside all of us that is truly our strength, and the basis for life itself.
Totoro is a superior movie that stands on its own, without reference to pop-culture tawdriness, melodrama, or mindless violence.
Totoro is a great barometer for friends and relationships. If you have doubts about the sanity of anybody you know, play this movie for them. Haters, anti-social types, and people with indelible character flaws won't like this movie, and you can dump them!
And oh by the way, the animation is awesome.