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The Secret World of Arrietty

The Secret World of Arrietty

Fantasy · Animation · Family · 2010

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.

Movie details

The Secret World of Arrietty

“Discover a secret world within our own.”

2010 Fantasy · Animation · Family 1h 34m

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TMDB

7.7 / 10

Community rating

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.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Written by

Hayao Miyazaki · Keiko Niwa

Mirai Shida

Mirai Shida

Arrietty (voice)

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Sho (voice)

Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Pod (voice)

Keiko Takeshita

Keiko Takeshita

Sadako Maki (voice)

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Haru (voice)

Shinobu Otake

Shinobu Otake

Homily (voice)

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Spiller (voice)

Court is in session

Put The Secret World of Arrietty on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.