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The Secret World of Arrietty

Release Date: Feb 17, 2012
Rated:
Runtime: 1 hr. 35 min.
Genres: Action/Adventure, Animated, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Director:Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Cast:Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Carol Burnett, David Henrie. Full cast + crew

Synopsis

A family of miniature people find their existence threatened due to a forbidden friendship in this Studio Ghibli adaptation of author Mary Norton's beloved children's book The Borrowers. Headstrong and full of energy, 14-year-old Arrietty (voice of Bridgit Mendler) is just like any other adolescent girl -- except for the fact that she's only a few inches tall. Arrietty and her family are Borrowers: a race of tiny people who live among the regular-size humans undetected, and only emerge to scrounge...more

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4.5

Dave White Profile <h3>Dave White</h3> <p><strong>Your Movies.com Man at the Multiplex</strong></p> <br /> <p>Dave White's first movie review was of the animated feature Snoopy Come Home. He was seven years old...<a href="http://www.movies.com/movie-reviews/dave-white">Read full profile</a></p>

Ghibli: masters of the animation universe.

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3.5

Grae Drake Profile <h3>Grae Drake</h3> <p><strong>Movie maven about town</strong></p> <br /> <p>Grae Drake began her love affair with cinema as a wee bairn, as she spent every weekend corralling her friends over to the local...<a href="http://www.movies.com/movie-reviews/grae-drake">Read full profile</a></p>

Size isn't everything.

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Other Critics

4.0

80 out of 100 Metascore^®

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For Families

OK for kids 7+

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A nice change to a lot of the stuff out there! by loonarossa
We saw Arrietty last night and we all liked it a lot. It is set at a slower pace than a lot of the other kids movies out there. Not a whole lot of violence...

The Secret World of the small one's by punk_vampiregurl
The movie taught me a lesson, as do most of the Studio Ghibli films. Personally, I loved the movie. It was sweet and adventurous all at the same time. This...