The Secret World of Arrietty (2012)

94% of critics liked it
(116 reviews)
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Arrietty (Bridgit Mendler), a tiny, but tenacious 14-year-old, lives with her parents (Will Arnett and Amy Poehler) in the recesses of a suburban garden home, unbeknownst to the homeowner and her housekeeper (Carol Burnett). Like all little people, Arrietty (AIR-ee-ett-ee) remains hidden from view,… More Arrietty (Bridgit Mendler), a tiny, but tenacious 14-year-old, lives with her parents (Will Arnett and Amy Poehler) in the recesses of a suburban garden home, unbeknownst to the homeowner and her housekeeper (Carol Burnett). Like all little people, Arrietty (AIR-ee-ett-ee) 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 (David Henrie), 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. -- (C) Disney

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Rating, Runtime: G, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Written By: Mary Norton, Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa, Karey Kirkpatrick
Genres: Animation, Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy

In Theaters: Feb 17, 2012 Wide
On DVD: May 22, 2012
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Critic Reviews

Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service
As pretty as it is, this Secret World is too Earthbound by far.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
The Secret World of Arrietty is a marvelously captivating animated feature about very tiny people and the full-scale world they inhabit.
Ian Buckwalter, The Atlantic
Yonebayashi gives Arrietty an excellent sense of balance, with the adventure aspects of the story, which feel legitimately dangerous providing well-paced contrast the film's more placid moments.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
It's an enjoyable and attractive-looking film, but a little of that "Speed Racer" energy wouldn't have been such a bad thing.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
The visual details are inventive, and the animation - particularly the colors - is lovely.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
"The Secret World of Arrietty'' is a feast for the eyes that will engage the entire family.
Brian Gibson, Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
Studio Ghibli's best film since Miyazaki's eco-fable masterpiece Spirited Away. Its story is impeccably paced, its look beautifully imagined, and its drama perfectly built-up. Bristles, underfoot, with some delightful feminism and environmentalism.
Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
There's a gentle movie from Japan that's going to seem familiar to a lot of fans of the series of books about 'The Borrowers.'
Bruce Bennett, Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
Like motion picture Yoga--quietly cathartic and just the thing to raise your kids on.
Kelly Vance, East Bay Express
It certainly belongs in the second rank of Ghibli fantasies. But give it a chance.
Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner
Most will be caught up in its beautiful spell, immersed in great storytelling at its finest.
Josh Larsen, LarsenOnFilm
The soft-focus animation has an impressionistic quality, as if a gentle breeze had wafted across a Monet canvas.
Chris Barsanti, PopMatters
This smart, winsome fairy tale is not quite Hiyao Miyazaki, but it still might be the best animated film that (some few) will see all year.
John Beifuss, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Another Studio Ghibli wonder, as heartbreaking for its devotion to craft, artistry and intelligent storytelling (for viewers of all ages) as for its themes of inevitable exile and impossible love.
Linda Cook, KWQC-TV (Iowa)
There's a gentle movie from Japan that's going to seem familiar to a lot of fans of the series of books about 'The Borrowers.'
Daniel M. Kimmel, New England Movies Weekly
...yet another jewel in the crown of Studio Ghibli.
Jeff Meyers, Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
...creates a sense of wide-eyed wonder and discovery as we experience the awe-inspiring mysteries of an ordinary house as seen from the four-inch borrower's point of view.
Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle
The animation, a gorgeous blend of bewitching watercolored backgrounds and poignantly rendered characters, is, as ever, beyond reproach.
Nell Minow, Beliefnet
What is most effective is the way the sense of peaceful shelter and retreat in the country setting contrasts with the precariousness of the situations faced by Shawn and Arrietty.
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
It's hard to imagine this scenario playing out with more delicacy and care than animator-turned-director Yonebayashi Hiromasa brings to bear.

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Mark H

There's a elegance in the narrative's simplicity. Part of the story focuses on the missions that these "borrowers" go on to obtain articles like sugar and tissue for the family to use. The point of view of the little people is perfectly captured. There's… More
There's a elegance in the narrative's simplicity. Part of the story focuses on the missions that these "borrowers" go on to obtain articles like sugar and tissue for the family to use. The point of view of the little people is perfectly captured. There's beauty in how these characters accomplish their objectives. Arrietty's father's use of double stick tape and mittens to scale a wall is quaintly beautiful. But where is the excitement? Not a whole lot happens. There's a storyline involving a sickly 12 year old boy named Shawn who comes to stay at the place while awaiting heart surgery. His friendship with Arrietty is a dramatic subplot and although it's poignant, it never develops into anything particularly exciting. Then there's Hara, an older female caretaker of the home. She provides some conflict, but she ends up becoming more of a nuisance than an actual threat. Nevertheless this is a welcome addition to the Studio Ghibli cannon. The details are what makes this so captivating. Despite the somewhat listless plot, The Secret World of Arrietty is an enchanting delight.
Greg S

A sickly boy makes friends with one of the two-inch tall "borrowers" who live underneath the floors and live by foraging for crumbs in human households. Very solid and sweet adaptation of a minor children's classic; should delight kids and nostalgic adults.
Matthew S

Heart-achingly tender and sweet. Thoughtful art direction includes clever and charming details that made me smile throughout. For example, hanging on the house walls of the 4-inch-tall family are framed stamps as decorative paintings - stamps that are tarnished with wavy post-mark… More
Heart-achingly tender and sweet. Thoughtful art direction includes clever and charming details that made me smile throughout. For example, hanging on the house walls of the 4-inch-tall family are framed stamps as decorative paintings - stamps that are tarnished with wavy post-mark ink, reinforcing the principled scavenging history of our Borrowers and inviting us to imagine their previous adventures.
Michael E

The stories of the little people was originally conceived in the book series "The Borrowers" about a group of tiny people who would "Borrow" small things from people that they need. 50 years after the novel was written, Director Hayao Miyazaki decided to do his… More
The stories of the little people was originally conceived in the book series "The Borrowers" about a group of tiny people who would "Borrow" small things from people that they need. 50 years after the novel was written, Director Hayao Miyazaki decided to do his take on this story. The story is about a young boy with medical problems named Shawn (David Henrie) being sent to his moms childhood house where she was told stories of small people who lived under the floor. He sees a strange creature when he is outside when he first arrives and thinks it looks like a little person. This creature ends up actually being a little person, a 14 year old girl named Arriety (Bridgit Mendler) who lives with her two parents (Will Arnett and Amy Poehler) who are borrowers who are small people who "Borrow things such as soap, cookies, and other small things that humans don't need when they disappear. Shawn ends up seeing Arriety on her first night of "Borrowing" and his curiosity was picked very far when she drops sugar in his room and he drops it off in the hole near her house. Arriety questioning this is told not to take the sugar because her father thinks its a trap but she sneaks out and ends up becoming friends with Shawn. Like many of Ghiblis movies as I said before, usually get heavily Disney associated actors such as David Henrie from Wizards of Waverly Place and Moises Arias who was on Hannah Montana. But this movie also like Ghiblis other movies get moderately big actors or much older actors, such as in this film they got Carol Burnett, and Amy Poelher and Will Arnett. All of them do regular great jobs and one actor I think does the best job overall is surprisingly David Henrie as Shawn. He has such an innocent and monotone voice that it is impossible not to feel sorry for him when you find out about what is wrong with him and you feel horrible for all the things that are happening to him. He's both a sympathetic character and a very emotional character, and Henrie pulls this off flawlessly well. Bridget Mendler does a good job as Arriety, being sweet and pulls off the teenage girl getting to figure out the big world very well. Arnett and Poelher both do good as Arriety's parents and it shows due to these two being married in real life and you believe they do care for Arriety and are both believable as these two characters. Carol Burnett is shockingly not that memorable in this movie, she plays the character of Hara, a woman who takes care of Shawn but is obsessed with catching the little people. Maybe its because the character is really not developed that well, but Burnett doesn't really have much to work with with this character in the film, unlike the other elderly actresses that Miyazaki has chosen before such as Suzanne Pleshette in Spirited Away or Lauren Bacall in Howl's Moving Castle. The animation, again like all of Miyazaki's other animated pictures is incredible, and for a movie with perspectives of smaller people to much larger people and animals leads to some very good eye candy to see in a Miyazaki movie. But other than that there isn't much really to talk about in terms of the animation. One thing I will say about this movie is that is quite possibly one of the emotional films that I've seen in a while, and one of those reasons is because of the music, the music in this movie are brilliantly done and the film has little to none of it, but they know when to use it to the films advantage, and it works incredibly well when it is used. Using piano music about 80% of the time also helps. Overall this is so far the best film that I've seen this year and it is definitely a wonderful film to go see, and it is one of the few movies to make me cry at the end, and it is quite possibly Studio Ghiblis most well told story out of all their films. My only problem I have with this movie is that the film does have a somewhat slow pace for a animated movie especially for a 90 minute animated film, but everything is all done extremely well and it is definitely one of Ghiblis best.
paul o

If only I didn't have Will Arnett and Amy Pohler have serious voice roles...
Aaron N

Arietty: Human beings are dangerous. If we're seen, we have to leave. My parents said so. The Secret World of Arrietty is a charming and wonderfully detailed animated film. This is an anime that has come out of Studio Ghibli, which is way more focused on delivering a relaxed… More
Arietty: Human beings are dangerous. If we're seen, we have to leave. My parents said so. The Secret World of Arrietty is a charming and wonderfully detailed animated film. This is an anime that has come out of Studio Ghibli, which is way more focused on delivering a relaxed story and providing plenty of details through its wonderful hand-drawn animation, than flooding the eyes of its viewers with non-stop wackiness and forced jokes. Now that isn't to say that this is some sort of animated prestige picture, but it is a film that differs from most mainstream fare. In any case, it is a fine, low-key, but wonderfully made animated feature that is fortunately a part of a fairly-wide theatrical release. read the whole review at thecodeiszeek.com
Michael S

If you need further proof as to why computer generated animation can never replace the beauty and charm of the classic two-dimensional, hand crafted kind; see "The Secret World of Arrietty." Studio Ghibli's latest is simple, sweet, and heartwarming fun that will… More
If you need further proof as to why computer generated animation can never replace the beauty and charm of the classic two-dimensional, hand crafted kind; see "The Secret World of Arrietty." Studio Ghibli's latest is simple, sweet, and heartwarming fun that will enamor both adults and children alike. From it's fully realized characters, to it's soothing, breezy tone; and all the way up to it's bittersweet conclusion... "Arrietty" never misses a beat.
Nate Z

This adaptation of Mary Norton's classic book, The Borrowers, is colorful, imaginative, and the antithesis of what has become the modern-day family film. It's less antic with its pacing, it has a more somber mood, and the ending is essentially anticlimactic. While… More
This adaptation of Mary Norton's classic book, The Borrowers, is colorful, imaginative, and the antithesis of what has become the modern-day family film. It's less antic with its pacing, it has a more somber mood, and the ending is essentially anticlimactic. While commendable on one hand, The Secret World of Arrietty is also a minor work under the tutelage of the brilliant Hayao Miyazaki. Like other Miyazaki works, the film immerses you into an imaginative world where all the details fit. The story itself within that world is a bit low-key. Arrietty is a 13-year-old tiny person, a Borrower, living with her mother and father inside a human being's home (they refer to people phonetically as "beans"). Her friendship with one of those "beans," a boy named Shawn, is pleasant and gradual, as she feels she cannot trust the enormous human. I kept waiting for something larger and more significant to happen, but it didn't. The story feels too slight to justify being the introduction, and likely final, chapter of these characters. The world of Arrietty is beautiful to watch but after a while you're just watching pretty pictures. Nate's Grade: B
danny d

another excellent ghibli film and proof miyazaki doesnt need to direct for this studio for their films to be great. the story was touching and well told, the characters interesting, and as usual the animation was wonderful.
Spencer S

Another instance of Disney's distribution contributing to worldwide release of a hand drawn masterpiece, Arrietty is a beautiful film, based on more than it's tender animation. The story is based on the book "The Borrowers" which has already been adapted to live… More
Another instance of Disney's distribution contributing to worldwide release of a hand drawn masterpiece, Arrietty is a beautiful film, based on more than it's tender animation. The story is based on the book "The Borrowers" which has already been adapted to live action version films, most notably one starring John Goodman and Jim Broadbent. The English version of this Japanese treasure features the vocal talents of some hard hitting celebrities, including legendary Carol Burnett and the married comedy couple Amy Poehler and Will Arnett. Everyone is so wonderfully cast in this film, and beside that they are directed splendidly in their vocal performances by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. They would have to be to pull off some very subtle and yet so well dubbed dialogue. The animation is good, just as you would expect for a film about small people living in a large person's house. The best aspect of the Borrower's world is seeing them use everyday items as stairs, pulleys, grappling hooks, and other clever inventions. That spectrum of invention, survival, and family is always a prevalent theme in children's books and films, working well in this film as well as coupling with the grandiose size of everything, including cubes of sugar, facial tissue having to be pulled by two people, and the many secret passages behind light switches and paneling in the walls. That aspect I found magical and intricate, yet there's something off about this story as well. It feels like the story is being jammed together to accommodate an hour and a half runtime. Instead of really focusing on the plight of the family this looks more towards the history of the Borrowers, the mythology of the people, and weirdly enough death. The child of the house has an unexplained heart condition, and is inadvertently abandoned by his mother. He speaks calmly of the afterlife and how no one should fear death. I and the people with me were really surprised that they viewed death in that way in a children's film. I'm sure it unsettled a few kids. Either way, it really was a spirited, gratuitous film for all ages.
KJ P

"The Secret World of Arriety" is an anime tale about borrowers who live in the floorboards of peoples homes. Following the live action classic film, "The Borrowers," this film is both for the children and adults to enjoy. They take what they needs from the… More
"The Secret World of Arriety" is an anime tale about borrowers who live in the floorboards of peoples homes. Following the live action classic film, "The Borrowers," this film is both for the children and adults to enjoy. They take what they needs from the true-life-sized people in order to stay alive and live everyday lives. This film boasts from amazing animation, a story that will have anyone applauding, and characters that you will actually feel emotions for. In every way, this film is fantastic, but I can't help but feel that the freshness of the premise is lost, due to the origins story that came before it. Still, it tells the material perfectly. This film is great!
Anthony L

A great adaptation of The Borrowers from Studio Ghibli - a name you can always rely on. It isn't however, your typical Ghibli film. There are no Japanese mythical creatures or odd-ball characters we've come used to from Hayao Mayazaki and co but Hiromasa Yonebayashi and his… More
A great adaptation of The Borrowers from Studio Ghibli - a name you can always rely on. It isn't however, your typical Ghibli film. There are no Japanese mythical creatures or odd-ball characters we've come used to from Hayao Mayazaki and co but Hiromasa Yonebayashi and his team have done good, they've kept to story and kept it very much western. I'm not sure why there is an American English and an English English version, I saw the English English version and thought the voice cast were well suited (Olivia Colman woo hoo!). In a world were kids are bombarded with 3D CGI headache animated films were dogs skateboard and swear at cats and the moral of most stories is that popularity is most important - it is a very welcome relief. Is it the kids who go to see Ghibli films though? I don't know, but this film is in glorious 2D, sticks to story but also adds to it in its own unique way. You could do a lot worse. Anyway, Porco Rosso 2 now please!!
Corey W

A cure needed for such loud and obnoxious 3D/CGI movies that come out every other week. Its simply beautiful to look at it, and while it has a strong story, it shies away from the great masterpiece it could of been.
Lewis C

A "smaller-scale" Ghibli movie than what we're used to, but a good one. The Secret World of Arrietty is the story of a family of "borrowers" a tiny race of people who live within the homes of ordinary humans and who are supposed to stay hidden from them at all… More
A "smaller-scale" Ghibli movie than what we're used to, but a good one. The Secret World of Arrietty is the story of a family of "borrowers" a tiny race of people who live within the homes of ordinary humans and who are supposed to stay hidden from them at all times. It's visually as beautiful as you'd expect from Ghibli, with even simple backgrounds looking as lovely as a painting. Instead of the fantastical lands of most Ghibli films like Spirited Away or Howl's Moving Castle, The Secret World of Arrietty is set in an ordinary home. But the simple beauty of everything and seeing the lovingly-drawn detail in everyday items from the view of smaller eyes makes this one of the more memorable Ghibli movies from a visual standpoint, in my opinion. As for the story, it's simple and effective, and deals with nothing more than the human occupants of a home, including a young boy with a heart condition, and the family of borrowers that also lives there unknown. Arrietty herself, the daughter of the family of tiny people, continues the tradition of fantastic female characters that comes from Studio Ghibli. This isn't an action-packed movie with a grand climax or anything like that, but I found it satisfying and pleasantly watchable. Arrietty left me with good feelings and avoided being heavy-handed with messages as some Ghibli movies can tend to do. I liked it a lot (better than Howl's Moving Castle and Tales from Earthsea, if not quite as much as Ponyo), and I'll be happily seeing it again at the theater when it comes out in the U.S.
Matheus C

This is a more gentle, less challenging offering from Studio Ghibli's oeuvre, with a thin storyline obviously streched to fill a feature-lenght film. It still has all the delicacy and visual richness characteristic of the studio's best work, and it is always incredible to… More
This is a more gentle, less challenging offering from Studio Ghibli's oeuvre, with a thin storyline obviously streched to fill a feature-lenght film. It still has all the delicacy and visual richness characteristic of the studio's best work, and it is always incredible to see a refreshingly traditionally animated film amid the current CG craze.
Jan Marc M

Charming and enchanting, Arrietty unfolds the lilliputian and animated story of survival of Arrietty and family. Based on the literary work The Borrowers by Mary Norton, Arrietty is a Studio Ghibli adaptation interpreted by Hayao Miyazaki that embraces friendship and innocence,… More
Charming and enchanting, Arrietty unfolds the lilliputian and animated story of survival of Arrietty and family. Based on the literary work The Borrowers by Mary Norton, Arrietty is a Studio Ghibli adaptation interpreted by Hayao Miyazaki that embraces friendship and innocence, elaborated by universal beauty and infinite imagination. Magical.
Keiko A

The Borrower Arrietty is a beautiful film. My favorite film of 2010 and likely to make my top 20 animated films of all time and for a long time to come. This is my secon viewing an my little sisters first. Like always Studio Ghibli created wonderful films for young and old. And The… More
The Borrower Arrietty is a beautiful film. My favorite film of 2010 and likely to make my top 20 animated films of all time and for a long time to come. This is my secon viewing an my little sisters first. Like always Studio Ghibli created wonderful films for young and old. And The Borrower Arrietty was just wonderful Breathtaking, Plain and simple. The storytelling and music by the amazing Cécile Corbel who soundtrack sounded better in French. But overall a must say for anyone in 2012 for it's American debute.
Luke B

This was stunning. I saw it just days after going to the Ghibli Museum in Japan, and it was breathtaking. I'm glad since I loathed the last Ghibli film I saw (Pom Poko). Arriety is the exact cure needed for such loud and obnoxious 3D CGI movies that come out every other week.… More
This was stunning. I saw it just days after going to the Ghibli Museum in Japan, and it was breathtaking. I'm glad since I loathed the last Ghibli film I saw (Pom Poko). Arriety is the exact cure needed for such loud and obnoxious 3D CGI movies that come out every other week. It's quiet and full of soul. There are moments here that you wouldn't even get in a live action movie. Subtle moments of life and nature, that the animators could have saved time and money by not including them. Luckily for us, the details are all present. A shot lingers just long enough for a ladybird to take flight, or the mother to stir her tea after a conversation. What Ghibli understand, more than anyone, is that kids don't need bright/crass/non stop films. The quiet nature of Arriety is so relaxing, with gorgeous music from Cecile Corbel. First time director Yonebayashi shows that Ghibli has much more life and talent to give. I was very familiar with The Borrowers, and was a bit disappointed I was getting something original from Ghibli. I'd already seen the excellent TV Mini-series and the over-the-top American film wih Goodman. Ghibli have taken everything great about the story, and toned down the designs and motives, making this a realistic and engaging fantasy. The father is stoic and caring. Arriety is adventurous, but never annoying. Her heart is in the right place, but she doesn't get into a ridiculous amount of trouble. Being Ghibli we get a lovely little cat character, Niya. The designs are ace, and the world of the borrowers and the human beans merge beautifully.
Drake T

Maybe I'm just desensitized by the genre or the studio's work in general but this film tries way too hard to channel the "classic resonance" of previous works without the substance to carry it. It also felt like the animated direction and overall story boarding… More
Maybe I'm just desensitized by the genre or the studio's work in general but this film tries way too hard to channel the "classic resonance" of previous works without the substance to carry it. It also felt like the animated direction and overall story boarding wasn't all too impressive. Maybe it's cause I have an artist's background or maybe because I expect a lot from the company but the film never really fully grasped the fact that it was animated, the film just... cruises along though it's painted backgrounds with visual lifelessness! It also very much ignores its supporting cast who end up playing minor if not no role at all near the final acts of the film's story. This being the case I'm left wondering why they didn't spend more time developing the relationship between Arrietty and Sho. Also, I'm really tired of Ghibli's ever outdated "classic" character archetypes. They're so BORING. Especially the heroine who lacked any emotional dynamism or defining character quirks. Sho channels the "innocent, gentle, sophisticated but young" appropriately with his health situation but even with that he had an awfully reserved reaction to the whole ordeal of "little people" It's a quiet, subtle adventure of a dying boy's encounter. Entertaining? Sorta. Beautiful? Not as much as it thinks it is. Exciting? Not really.
Bradley W

The Secret World of Arrietty is a breathtaking masterpiece and the first perfect film I have seen so far in 2011. The film is another example that anime may be the most beautiful animation there is, I mean this movie is nothing less then gorceous. This film is great for kids and… More
The Secret World of Arrietty is a breathtaking masterpiece and the first perfect film I have seen so far in 2011. The film is another example that anime may be the most beautiful animation there is, I mean this movie is nothing less then gorceous. This film is great for kids and adults and I know this because my young siblings and myself both loved this movie, however if you don't enjoy anime films then that is just a loss for you on missing a great film. This is for me the best anime film since Ponyo and keeps up the great name that Hayoa Miyazaki has worked so hard to gain, and I can honestly say he is the best Japanese filmmaker of the modern age. Its hard to not enjoy a film like this, unless you hate anime which in that case you are missing out on a great experience. The story follows Arrietty who is the daughter of a family of borrowers, small people who collect things from houses to survive, and this family consists of her father and mother and her who all live under a house of a family called the Beans. When her father takes who to do her first borrowing on the house, a new boy at the house notices her and it causes Arrietty and her parents to grow cautious of the humans discovering them. But when Arrietty grows a friendship with the boy, this threatens her whole existance and she must be brave to save her family. The plot of the movie is pure imagination from start to finish, and you can really tell they did not hold back when remembering that these films need to appeal to adults and children. It was very cool how these little people get around the house and all the resources they use, there is one point where she uses a needle she found as a sword and I just found that pure fun, and that is just minor compared to some of the thing that these people use to survive under a house. The characters surprised me with how much I grew to care about them, because even though they are small they still were able to capture our emotions at the end I think. The show us true bravery which is a message in many films but this is one of the few to get it right I think. Overall a plot worthy of the great Hayoa Miyazaki and is destined to be a classic if you ask me. The animation is honestly was a work of art in my opinion. The colors and characters are all just so flawless that you would think God himself drew this film by hand. The film is drawn by hand with some computer but just knowing that a talented and incredible animator drew this entire thing is what makes it a great anime. When I was a kid I saw Spirited Away and fell in love with anime becaus eof the fun and originality I always saw from it, and this film continues that streak and reminded me of my childhood. It offers something different that we never see anymore with all the computer animated 3 you see nowadays and I just loved every moment of this detailed and gorceous landscape. Overall the animation was perfection and the definite highlight of the film. The Secret World of Arrietty is a movie where I could not find a single flaw and trust me when I saw the trailer for this film all I expected was to see flaws. It surprised me with how it kept me interested start to finish, but where I think the film succeeded the most was the animation, where it proves once again that anime is almost a sure fire success if Hayoa Miyazaki is working with it. He did not direct this but it does not take a rocket science to know that he was a big part of this project and a huge reason it was a success. Its hard to explain the magic behind this film and what hard work they put into doing that, and I am sure most agree with me when I say this is a great movie. I recommend to everyone who loves a great film and loves anime, if you dislike it than naturally steer clear of this movie.