Name: The Secret World of Arrietty
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family
Released: 2010-07-16
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Cast: Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Tomokazu Miura, Keiko Takeshita

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The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

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Runtime94 min

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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.

Critical Reception & Ratings

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010), directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, has been critically acclaimed, earning a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences have also responded positively, giving the film a 7.6/10 rating on IMDb, indicating it is a well-received and popular fantasy animation film for families.

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Fans of whimsical, visually stunning animation will be enchanted by director Hiromasa Yonebayashi's 2010 film The Secret World of Arrietty, which blends fantasy, family drama, and stunning attention to detail in bringing the tiny 'borrower' protagonist Arrietty to life.

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Arrietty, titled Arrietty the Borrower in Japan and The Secret World of Arrietty in North America, is a 2010 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi as his feature film debut as a director, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and Wild Bunch. The screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, was based on the 1952 novel The Borrowers by Mary Norton, an English author of children's books, about a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of a typical household, borrowing items from humans to survive. The film stars the voices of Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shinobu Otake, Keiko Takeshita, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Tomokazu Miura, and Kirin Kiki, and tells the story of a young Borrower (Arrietty) befriending a human boy (Sho), while trying to avoid being detected by the other humans.