My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

86 min · Animation

USGUKUAUG

24 TAME

ScoutScore

Very little flagged.

My Neighbor Totoro scores 24 on the ScoutScore, which is Tame. Very little flagged. FilmScout maps 12 flagged scenes.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged mostly for scary and dark.

Scary and dark	54%
Violence and action	8%
Themes	27%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	none flagged
Language	11%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Heads up Soot sprites in the old house
Heads up Stormy night in the haunted house
Heads up Mei discovers Totoro
Heads up Deity exclamation
Heads up Name-calling during umbrella argument
Heads up Totoro at the bus stop
Heads up Midnight tree-growing ceremony
Heads up Telegram about mother's health
Heads up Girls fear their mother may die
Heads up Name-calling during sisters' argument

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

AU	G
GB	U
US	G

Talk about it after

“Satsuki and Mei cope very differently when they hear their mom cannot come home - one holds it together and one runs off alone. How do the people in your family tend to show worry or sadness, and what helps you feel better when something scary is happening?”

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Common questions

Is My Neighbor Totoro okay for kids?

My Neighbor Totoro scores 24 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Tame tier. Very little flagged. FilmScout has mapped 12 flagged scenes in it, covering dark imagery, theme, profanity (mild). The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for My Neighbor Totoro?

24, which is the Tame tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is My Neighbor Totoro rated?

My Neighbor Totoro is rated G in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU G, GB U, US G. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

Is it OK for your kid? The age-by-age answer

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