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The Secret World of Arrietty
借りぐらしのアリエッティ
2010 94 min France, Japan, United States of America G 6+
★8.1
Fantasy, Animation, Family
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
📖 Based on the novel
«The Borrowers»
byMary Norton
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Description
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
Budget:
$23M
US Gross:
$19.59M
Worldwide:
$149.66M
Starring
Mirai Shida
Actor
Ryûnosuke Kamiki
Actor
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Actor
Awards
12 wins & 6 nominations total
Key opinion
Arrietty is widely praised for its exquisite, detailed animation and immersive atmosphere that turns ordinary household items into a sense of wonder. While the film is celebrated for its visual beauty and gentle, grounded tone, opinions remain divided on its narrative, with some finding the open ending and quiet pacing meaningful, while others feel it lacks traditional catharsis or clear development.
| Production | The film features stunning, meticulously detailed animation that successfully transforms everyday household objects into a wondrous, tactile environment. | |
| Score | The contemporary Celtic-inspired score effectively complements the film's gentle, melancholic, and whimsical atmosphere. | |
| Pacing | The film's pacing is polarizing; some appreciate the contemplative, grounded, and measured tempo, while others find it brief, lacking in action, or unrewarding. | |
| Ending | The ending is a point of contention: some viewers appreciate its realistic, hopeful, and understated nature, while others are disappointed by the lack of traditional narrative closure or catharsis. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay divides critics; some admire its subtle character dynamics and focus on survival, while others criticize the character motivations and perceive a lack of thematic depth. |