Movie Information
Overall Rank: 1244
Average Rating: 3.3/4
# of Ratings: 8
Theatrical Release Date: 07/23/2014
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 10/21/2014
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime, Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
Actors: Karen Miyama, Yuka, Daizaburo Arakawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, Kôichi Yamadera, Yoshisada Sakaguchi
Plot: After the sudden death of her father, a young girl and her mother retreat from the bustle of Toyko to a more secluded island of Shio. Momo, hanging on to an unfinished letter her father started, has trouble adjusting. Things don't get any easier when she meets up with three goblins - spirits only she can see. But she learns soon enough these spirits are connected to her father, and may hold a key to finishing the letter she holds so dear. -- Chris Kavan
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Momo is a Treat for the Eyes, Soul
Chris Kavan - wrote on 10/26/2014
Director Hiroyuki Okiura, who previously directed Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, spent seven years in getting A Letter to Momo to the big screen. That seven years was well spent as Momo reminds me of the more grounded, yet fantastical, of the Studio Ghibli films - Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service and My Neighbor Totoro - but still stands on its own as a visual and emotional treat.
Momo both about family and also serves as a coming-of-age film. In the beginning, Momo is your typical fish-out-of-water but also still reeling from the death of her father. On the island of Shio, she at first thinks nothing is going on - her mother works all day and she has trouble connecting with the few people on the island her own age. But that's when she discovers trio of goblins following her - the …
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