Mark Schilling: Momo e no Tegami (A Letter to Momo). In: The Japan Times. 12. April 2012, abgerufen am 16. Mai 2015: „manages [the film's] transition from light to serious with the craft and assurance of a true storyteller, while firmly grounding his human and nonhuman characters in their Seto Inland Sea setting, from the narrow portside streets to the gloriously expansive view from the island’s highest point“
Jeannette Catsoulis: A World Teaches and Tugs. In: The New York Times. 22. Juni 2014, abgerufen am 16. Mai 2015: „As Momo conquers her fears, averts a tragedy and finally sees the beauty of her surroundings, the movie grabs your heart with the softest of hands.“
