A Letter to Momo

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Rosie D. @Rosieeeee May 12 Nobody knows how much I truly love this film. Back when my phone only had 8GB of storage, this was one of those comfort movies that I refused to delete. Every time I procrastinated on my homework, I’d end up rewatching it over and over again. 12 years later, it still hits just as hard, and I finally realized it’s another story about letting go. There’s a saying that 'the soul’s desire is the prophet of fate,' and seeing it again through adult eyes made that feel so much more profound. My younger self knew exactly why I needed this story. See more Rick M @RT71923482 Nov 24 I remember being seven or eight years old. It was a day off, no school, and I was just watching TV. Then I saw they were playing this anime. That opening scene, the way the story started, the music—everything was strangely beautiful. Just... really beautiful. For two weeks, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I never imagined that on that day, because of that anime, I’d come face to face with something deep and new—this whole concept of feeling. Life’s funny that way... See more Sarah T @RT26455101 07/15/2025 The movie is really cool! Besides having a glib feel, it makes me nostalgic for some cartoons I watched in Japan. See more Tom F @RT55173143 06/07/2024 Swinging for the Totoro fences here, and reasonably successful at it. See more 06/05/2021 I kinda have fun with it pretty good tho See more 04/02/2017 With a lot of fascination with Japanese obsession with death, goblins, guardian spirits and the grotesque and the macabre, Hiroyuki Okiura's 6th feature film examines how a young girl come to terms with the death of her father. The unusual fascination with death and ghostly realms is a bit odd for non-Japanese audience but the reference to old-style mangas is inspired and comical goblins and their antics breaks the emotional heaviness of the story. Okiura revels in the beauty of the Japanese landscape and gives a story that has a lot of tenderness and a dose of slapstick comedy. See more Read all reviews

A Letter to Momo

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