Pinkfishflyingpowerasia: Jmovie: Usagi Drop The Movie(2011)

Rating: 5/6

The movie is about an office worker named Daikichi, who after his grandfathers funeral suddenly agrees to take care of his 6 year old aunt(his grandfathers daughter).

I for one have definitely heard similar plotlines before, and sometimes I’ve liked it too.
I didn’t just like this movie though. I loved it!

The approach is somewhat realistic, in a way that makes it funny without too much slapstick humor, and still real without being boring or tragic.

It’s definitely also one of those movies which make me a fan of Kenichi Matsuyama(Daikichi)>.<
Because he did simply awesome, and Mana Ashida(the little girl) did a great job too, and both of their characters grow throughout the course of the movie.

The clichés are still present though, and even though it’s not completely predictable you do sometimes get the feeling you’ve seen some things before. All the little details really make up for it though, and it didn’t really bother me that much.

The thing that did bother me though was a few crying scenes, because they were kind of overdone, but I loved so many other moments along the way that I can’t bring myself to dislike the movie just because of that.

It is the only thing which makes me give it a 5 instead of a 6 though, because I just really, really love this movie! I even feel like I want to watch it again, and that doesn’t happen too often.

The long trailer catch the mood better, but it has some spoilers so here is the short one: