Everyone Loves Mel vs My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 4.4/10 for Everyone Loves Mel). My Neighbor Totoro is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 1h 37m. My Neighbor Totoro is the older of the two (1988 against 2000). Both are family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Everyone Loves Mel
My Neighbor Totoro| Everyone Loves Mel | My Neighbor Totoro | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.4/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 37m | 1h 26m |
| Genres | Family, Fantasy | Animation, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Joey Travolta | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Main cast | Vanessa Evigan, Paul Sampson, Julie Hagerty, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Scalia | Yuko Mizutani, Chika Sakamoto, Naoki Tatsuta, Hitoshi Takagi, Sumi Shimamoto |
Synopsis
Everyone Loves Mel
Set in the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, the legend of Swanson Lake is kept by one man and he's not about to surrender it. When Bill's grandsons come for a summer visit, they stumble into a big-time adventure with a giant turtle named Mel. When Bill's neighbor Bailey tries to kidnap Mel in order to feature him in a proposed theme park, the grandsons plot to hide Mel from the neighbor.
My Neighbor Totoro
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
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