After having seen yet another beautiful Studio Ghibli film, how can one act surprised? They are master craftsmen in the field of animated storytelling, and Arrietty is just another brick in that titanic wall of justification. The film is a loose retelling of The Borrowers, using a crooked ol’ Japanese cottage as a basis for the underlying world of the little people. Beneath it’s vastly imaginative micro-world is a subtle, charming story of loneliness and friendship. If your lip shows no sign of quivering near the end, I’ll assume that your soul’s been replaced by a vacant vortex of nothingness.
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