Tokyo Godfathers

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Gustavo R 3 Homeless people find an abandoned little baby girl and they make it their mission to find and confront the mother. This story happens around Christmas and new years making it a perfect season movie. Beautiful story. Great voice acting. And the animation, superb and it’s full of twists and turns. One of my all time favorites 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿/5 on Prime Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/25 Full Review Ada Isaís D Such a funny and beautiful movie, a lesson for people who believe that the "traditional family" is the only family that exists Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/30/24 Full Review Jay W "Tokyo Godfathers" is a 2003 anime movie from director Satoshi Kon. The story follows three homeless people as they find an abandoned baby. Having their own issues to work out, the hoboes decide to try to return the baby personally to the absent parents. Along the way the trio stumble across various misadventures and discover more about themselves. Unique is the word I would use to describe this film. If you line up the 50 best Christmas movies together, "Tokyo Godfathers" stands out for several reasons. The film is very well animated and has great music to accompany it. The story is always interesting, adding in a new twist and turn at just the right moment to keep the audience engaged without being too complicated. The movie is able to balance its humor and sentiment just right. The trio have a good dynamic and their dialogue work well off of each other. And the movie does not shy away from some of the darker elements of humanity. The homeless community during the Christmas season...it is a sobering thing to see. On the negative side, the movie ends pretty abruptly, and the characters can make some frustrating decisions. There are also a fair number of plot coincidences the movie chalks up to Christmas miracles. Which...yeah, I can but that. If you are looking for a different kind of Christmas movie, this is a Christmas gift worth unwrapping. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/02/24 Full Review Babusee : This movie is so fucking good. I LOVE HANA ESPECIALLY!!! I mean, the rest of the cast is amazing, but Hana has a special place in my heart! I just wish that (spoilers) the ending wasn't as open. Like, yeah, I get the artistic appeal of it, and I'm usually a sucker for open endings, but for this particular movie I genuinely wish there was like, at least a photo or something, years later with everyone smiling or something. These characters are too special to me. I *need* confirmation that they ended up okay. Anyway, 9/10. I wish it was a little bit longer so it could explore it's characters further, but it's one of the best holiday movies I've ever seen. And I'm jewish, and do not care about Christmas at all, so that's how GOOD the movie is to me Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Alex M I was too young at the time to take in some of the themes of this great movie and there are a few. But the main one that lingered with me well after I saw it is how single moments in our past can effect us so much, it defines who we are for our whole lives. But if those moments were ones of shame, failure, or trauma, there is absolutely no reason we can't come back from that, and live a better life than what we are now. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/18/24 Full Review Alec B The movie avoids sentimentality by its utterly strange narrative that throws in so many coincidences and seemingly random events that you're never quite sure where this is going. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/21/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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