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CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Kirpianuscus a delicate story. about friendship, courage, hope and family. a touching meet. and a special form of adventure. like many Japanese cartoons, "The Secret World of Arretty" is seductive not only for the aesthetic virtues but for a story like a trip in a large garden of senses. because its premise is very simple - accidentally clash between two words. the parents of Arrietty are like parents of us. the health problem of Sho is one of the old themes . and something is profound different. a state. a perspective about near small details of every day reality. and the changes of lives.

SnoopyStyle Shô is spending the summer staying at his mother's childhood home. His parents are always away. There is a family story of tiny people living in the house. Upon arriving, he sees one of those tiny person. It's Arrietty. She's 14 and living with her Borrower family under the floor. It's been awhile since they've seen other Borrowers. Shô tries to befriend Arrietty and she makes contact. Her parents find out and decide to move. While scouting for a new location, her father gets hurt and is brought home by Spiller, a Borrower from the forest. Meanwhile, the housekeeper Hara is trying to capture those fantastical tiny people.This is Studio Ghibli in its happy place. It's got its magic and joy. This is an adaptation of the classic children's book. It's a sweet, gentle telling. It could have use some more thrilling action but that may be too much for little kids. This is like an old fashion Disney movie with the soft gentleness of Ghibli animation.

sol- Studio Ghibli place their own unique spin on Mary Norton's 'The Borrowers' in this animated big screen adaptation. Norton's tale of tiny human beings who live beneath the floorboards and "borrow" various items (explaining how little things always seem to disappear forever) may be quite well known, however, the Ghibli team still manage to achieve a sense of awe and wonderment with the way their minute female protagonist copes in the gigantic world around her wherein bugs are as large as pets (and make good bouncy balls!) and sugar cubes are as large as backpacks. There is also a lot to like in the non-romantic friendship and camaraderie that develops between Arrietty and a seriously ill boy she finds living in her house. What does not quite work so well is the way the film turns the boy's caregiver/housekeeper into an evil antagonist. There is almost something darkly comical with the way she tries to hire pest exterminators to get rid of the borrowers, but we never quite discover why she despises them so much - - and then she changes her mind and decides that she would rather capture them and store them in jars instead (again, it is not clear why). Shaky as the antagonist's motives may be, they admittedly lead to some exciting moments, as Arrietty and the boy have to elude her, as well as funny moments, as she keeps failing to convince the boy's grandmother that borrowers really do exist. The film also looks great as per Ghibli par, with the interiors of the borrowers' house a particular wonder, especially with buttons and odd bits and ends used for wall decorations.

Reinier De Vlaam The Disney take over if Gihbli is very visible in this sweet movie, which however lacks the magic of the original Gihbli movie's. The story vaguely based on the movie "the borrowers", a rather plain movie from 1997. Again this shows the lacking of the creativity of earlier Gihbli movies which combined the typical Japanese ghost world and/or magic atmosphere. This movie is a rather western type of story, clearly aiming to a larger public.The story of the borrowers is moved to Japan and an extra layer added by the sick boy, which however is not a real addition to the movie. The secret world of Arriety is more calm then the original, that is for sure, there is more time to work out the connection between Shaun and Arriety, but it remains basic.It is not a bad movie to watch, it is quite fun. But when you see Gihbli being brought down by Disney, it saddens the heart