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Show all (5)Arrietty, a tiny but tenacious 14-year-old, lives with her parents in the recesses of a suburban garden home, unbeknownst to the homeowner and her housekeeper. Like all little people, Arrietty remains hidden from view, except during occasional covert ventures beyond the floorboards to "borrow" scrap supplies like sugar cubes from her human hosts. But when 12-year-old Shawn, a human boy who comes to stay in the home, discovers his mysterious housemate one evening, a secret friendship blossoms. If discovered, their relationship could drive Arrietty's family from the home and straight into danger.
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"The Secret World of Arrietty’’ offers a curious and mostly congenial case of cinematic fusion cuisine. Based on Mary Norton’s 1952 children’s classic “The Borrowers’’ - already the foundation for several TV series and a 1997 live-action movie - it has been taken up by Japan’s Studio Ghibli, with a screenplay by the legendary animation god Hayao Miyazaki. Since he didn’t direct (former Ghibli key animator Hiromasa Yonebayashi did), the movie is lesser Miyazaki, but not by terribly much. (Full review)