I love this movie so much

Best movie of this year hands down!

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I was expecting to connect emotionally with this film, since I found that I'm a sucker for movies/TV shows/commercials that have big "everything-changes-for-the-better-and-you-prove-everyone-else-wrong" scenes. I mean, have you seen that inspiring Pantene commercial? Unfortunately, "Goshu the Cellist" didn't do that for me.I felt like this movie lacked character development. All that was shown were different animals coming to Goshu's house each night and requesting him to play the cello for them over and over again. I felt like there was no development in Goshu's part. His playing seemed all right in the beginning. There were no loud pauses or screeches or anything that showed that Goshu needed to improve. It was the same until the very end. Maybe Goshu's personal development was only caught by people with a more professional musical ear.While watching this, I got reminded of "Bambi", "A Christmas Carol" and "Aesop's Fables". Those are all great works, so I didn't understand why "Goshu the Cellist" didn't make me feel anything throughout the whole movie, even until the very end. This film was made for children, seeing as it is a fairytale, though a few people who are older, may find some kind of enjoyment in it, I guess. Not for me, though.Viewed on: May 2, 2011

Isao Takahata's film, based on a Kenji Miyazawa story, about a cellist who is taught by animals to play better. It's a beautiful movie that is a nice marriage of sound and music. Coming from one of the founders of Studio Ghibli the style of animation is a close to but not a duplicate of the Ghibli house style. Emotionally the film seemed a bit distant to me. I could enjoy what I was seeing but at the same time I didn't feel as emotionally connected to what was going on. Normally with Takahata's films I have some form of emotional connection but this time I didn't. Its not bad, but I wanted to feel more at the end. That said this is definitely worth a look because its so beautiful its a must see

Classic anime and as an Anime-fan I just HAD to see this one.Really lovely scenery, velvety storyline and hugely funny bits and pieces make this one a real treat. The Disney-influences are still really noticeable, but also are many aspects of what has become known as anime a couple of years later.As classic a movie as Disney's Snow White.

I just watched this film the other night with a bunch of other college aged students. We all had a blast. This is a great film for kids to watch as it contains only a tiny bit of mild animated violence, no profanity, and plenty of laughs.