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Arrietty

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Added 05/04/2012 @ 2:31 AM

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Added 05/03/2012 @ 11:46 AM

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As pretty as it is, this Secret World is too Earthbound by far.

Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Added 03/23/2012 @ 12:00 AM

Arrietty

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The Secret World of Arrietty is a marvelously captivating animated feature about very tiny people and the full-scale world they inhabit.

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

Added 02/17/2012 @ 12:00 AM

Arrietty

New reviews added from Rotten Tomatoes.

With its lush colors, imaginative view of ordinary objects and meticulously crafted miniature civilization, it transports viewers to an enchanting alternate storybook reality.

Claudia Puig, USA Today

What unfolds is part adventure, part fairy tale, part star-crossed romance (she fits in his palm can it get more doomed?). And the overall sum is enchantment.

Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle

Studio Ghibli and Arrietty have a way of taking you where you may not expect, whether you're scrambling through rooms as large as canyons or clambering into the safety of an outstretched hand, a simple gesture that says it all.

Manohla Dargis, New York Times

Beautiful, gentle and pure - but not without elements of genuine menace - it will make believers out of adults and children alike.

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

When Shawn, a sickly boy sent to live in the house before he has heart surgery, sees Arrietty, does he squash her like a bug? Dear reader, he is enchanted. As are we.

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

The film flatters young moviegoers' awareness of deeper matters while delivering just enough enchantment to beguile both them and their parents.

Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Ghibli films have a fantastic visual style and tone all their own, and first-time director Hiromasa Yonebayashi adapts Mary Norton's 1952 children's classic \The Borrowers\ according to the house rules.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Like the ornate dollhouse that plays a part, \Arrietty\ is lovely and well-appointed, but filled with only what you bring to it.

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

Unlike most Ghibli escapes that liberate us from reality, Arrietty brings the same magic to the mundane, elevating the ordinary confines of daily life into sumptuous surprises

Steven Snyder, TIME Magazine

It's lovely, both in spirit and in its simple, supple, hand-drawn visual allure.

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

Arrietty offers an opportunity to be carried away by a whimsical adventure, set to a lovely score by French musician Cecile Corbel.

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

Added 02/16/2012 @ 12:00 AM

Arrietty