the secret world of arrietty full movie english part 1

No, this isn't an Inglourious Basterds-type situation. Arrietty Clock is a spirited young girl who lives with her parents within the floorboards and cracks of large estate home in the country. While it isn't quite as grand in scope as some of the movies listed above, it's still a lovely film with a gentle soul that is made in a way that only Studio Ghibli can produce.

And about the only thing keeping this movie from being truly special are a couple of overly broad characterizations.Now the studio has turned to Mary Norton's classic children's book The Borrowers for its latest film, The Secret World of Arrietty. Just to show that this is not all kid's play, it can also serve as an environmental allegory which also includes an intelligent discussion on evolution. Just when you think all of the tricks with scale and perspective had been played out long ago, this movie invents a couple of new ones, one applied well in the important suspense department. 'The Secret World of Arrietty' is a highly entertaining and charming animated film with some great touches. All goes well until Sho sees Arrietty out of the corner of his eye which causes her to drop the precious sugar cube she had been carrying. In fact, this is the first time Arrietty is being allowed to accompany her father on a gathering mission which this time will be focused on getting sugar and tissue paper. As peaceful as things are above board, the same cannot be said for below where a tiny family of Borrowers has set up house. In 'The Secret World of Arrietty,' Sho travels to his aunt's home in the country for some rest and relaxation. The world was so fascinating in its simplicity that I wished it had offered me a deeper insight into its heart, but 94 minutes are everything offered. A prolonged duration would have maybe emphasized the effect and made the final statement more believable. In the end, the message is the strength to live. Japan, including anime but not restricted to it, have a remarkable talent to transform natural and domestic daily-life activities into something interesting to watch, a much needed tactic in The Secret World of Arrietty.Īfter all, whether we are big or small, all of us have human weaknesses and are destined to face hardships of different facets. regardless of the people's size.Įven if by no means this is one of the best feature film projects by Ghibli, it easily ranks as arguably the second best animated feature of 2010 thanks to a heartwarming story, realistic in the mature portrayal of the thematic elements regardless if it is a fantasy story, a gorgeous soundtrack and a high attention to the visual detail of the landscapes, the sounds and the proportions of the dangers lurking at every corner. Old school filmmaking, for me always nice to see when it's done well.Ī necessary Ghibli release to prove to audiences that the impeccably detailed imagination of the famous animation studio is not entirely dependent on the works of Miyazaki and Takahata, but there are very talented minds creating new worlds for worldwide audiences to see and embrace. It's very gentle, outstandingly humourless, uncomplicated tale of adventure and friendship in a strange environment.

I will say that this is a very good children movie, with wonderful imagination employed to come to some amazing details in the lives of the Borrowers.

Winning the Animation of the Year award at the 34th Japan Academy Prize award ceremony just proved the quality of the work everyone involved shared. This animation also became the highest grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office for the year 2010, and grossed over $145 million worldwide. I didn't mind the animation and the music, but I really loved the story. Telling the story of a young Borrower (Arrietty) befriending a human boy (Shawn), while trying to avoid being detected by the other humans, the director Yonebayashi in his directorial debut shows us that the studio Ghibli was right to choose him despite the fact that he is the youngest director of a Ghibli film. It is based on The Borrowers by Mary Norton, an English author of children's books, about a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of a typical household, borrowing items from humans to survive. I am not a fan of Japanese animation, but this Japanese animated fantasy directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, deserved my attention for the whole 1 hour and 34 minutes.

The secret world of arrietty full movie english part 1