Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 8 (leaving home, crows, losing her flying, storm rescue); ok from 9.
- Not suitable
- Parental guidance
- Ok
GentleGuide scale for sensitive kids. Not an ACCM or Classification Board rating.
About this title
- Classification
- G
- Length
- 103 minutes
- Consumer advice
- Very mild in impact
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Before you press play
A gentle Studio Ghibli coming-of-age film: bakeries, broomsticks, and a seaside city. The weather is mostly kind. The load is leaving Mum, fitting in, a talking cat who goes quiet, and a late airship rescue in the wind.
- Leaving home for a year
- Making a place in a new town
- Friendship and feeling left out
- Losing confidence and flying
- A cat who stops talking
- Storm rescue
What may feel big
A midnight goodbye; flying through rain; city traffic; a wind that knocks her into a tree and crows that peck; Jiji pretending to be a stuffed toy; a soaked, thankless delivery; a propeller-bike crash; Jiji only meowing and her broom refusing to lift; a dirigible tearing loose with a boy hanging on.
4-6. Four is below this scale. Five and six need a grown-up for the goodbye, the crows, Jiji going quiet, and the boy on the airship. The pictures are soft; the leaving still lands.
7-9. A fair try with someone beside them. Pause for crows and the storm rescue. Jiji going quiet can sting more than the flying.
10-12. They can hold a thirteen-year-old's year away. Losing her flying and Jiji's voice is the ache, not a scare. The airship still looks like someone might fall.
Triggers in this guide
Counts are how often that theme shows up in the notes -- not when it happens.
- Sadness 2
- Separation 2
- Scary Imagery 1
- Loud Noises 2
- Peril 4