A Whisker Away

Play trailer

A Whisker Away

2020

1h 44m

Fantasy

Adventure

Anime

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

93%

Tomatometer

15 Reviews

76%

Popcornmeter

100+ Ratings

The line between human and animal starts to blur after a girl transforms herself into a cat.

Watch on Netflix

Stream Now

Karen Han

Polygon

So while the cats may be the initial draw in this film... what really makes A Whisker Away worth watching is its dissection of growing up enough to face difficult feelings head-on and to think seriously about other people's emotions as well.

Jun 22, 2020

Full Review

David Ehrlich

indieWire

What "A Whisker Away" loses in terms of flow and legibility, it makes up for in its celebration of the fullness of human life.

Rated: B

Jun 19, 2020

Full Review

Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

The cute factor in Netflix's anime film A Whisker Away is bountiful enough, even if its love story of naive obsession is a little more than worrisome.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 18, 2020

Full Review

Bianca Garner

In Their Own League

Once the film embraces its fantasy elements, it becomes a lot more entertaining.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 6, 2022

Full Review

Rachel Wagner

rachelsreviews.net

The magic is both delightful and scary at the same time.

Rated: 7/10

Aug 17, 2020

Full Review

Courtney Lanning

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The lighting and colors are the strongest part of this movie. It's such a bright and colorful film, and the art alone inspires some real joyful tones.

Jul 1, 2020

Full Review

Read all reviews

valentin d

La claque que c'est ce film

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/24/24

Full Review

Ian S

Girl gets rewarded for being an obsessive stalker type.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/03/24

Full Review

Tom F

Lovely girl/cat animation, the story is nothing special.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/16/24

Full Review

Jyoti Ranjan M

Excellent, heart touching !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/24

Full Review

butterfly2507

why are we glorifying and romanticizing stalking and obsessive behaviour??

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/29/24

Full Review

Ed

*Fun fact:* the average middle school relationship lasts 2-6 months. I went into this knowing the premise seemed problematic, but persevered because 1: cats and 2: another review said it was comically bad. Fortunately, the cats came through, but the comedy did not. Granted, I can't really criticize middle school logic too much, but her stalker-esque relationship didn't seem that healthy. Also, I'm still not convinced that the male lead reciprocates because loving a cat is very different from loving a person.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/29/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Junichi Sato

Director

Tomotaka Shibayama

Director

Mirai Shida

Miyo Sasaki

Natsuki Hanae

Kento Hinode

Hiroaki Ogi

Kusugi-sensei

Koichi Yamadera

Cat Storekeeper

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

View more photos

Synopsis

The line between human and animal starts to blur after a girl transforms herself into a cat.

Director: Junichi Sato, Tomotaka Shibayama
Screenwriter: Mari Okada
Production Co: Studio Colorido Co.
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 19, 2020
Runtime: 1h 44m

Most Popular at Home Now