The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daugh... Read allThe Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter Arrietty is discovered.The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter Arrietty is discovered.
- Awards
- 12 wins & 6 nominations
- Arrietty
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Homily
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Pod
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Arietti
- (voice)
- Shô
- (voice)
- (as Ryûnosuke Kamiki)
- Supirâ
- (voice)
- Poddo
- (voice)
- Homirî
- (voice)
- Sadako
- (voice)
- Haru
- (voice)
- Hara
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Shawn
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Aunt Jessica
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Gracie Poletti)
- Spiller
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Exterminator
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Receptionist
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Additional Voices
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
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- TriviaThe story takes place in 2010 in western Tokyo's neighborhood of Koganei. Koganei is also where Studio Ghibli is located.
- GoofsThe story takes place some where in western Tokyo. Domestic cars in Japan have their steering wheels on the right side, but Aunt Sadoko's Mercedes is a left hand drive, since it is an imported car. The housekeeper Haru's red car is a right hand drive, as it is a normal, domestic Japanese car.
- Quotes
Arrietty: I have to go. When is your operation?
Shawn: The day after tomorrow. I'm going to be okay. You gave me the courage to live.
Arrietty: [Unclipping the pin from her hair & giving it to Shawn] For luck.
Shawn: Thanks.
Arrietty: [Now crying] You protected me after all.
Shawn: Arrietty...
Arrietty: I hope you have the best life ever. Goodbye.
Shawn: Arrietty, you're a part of me now. I'll never forget you, ever.
- Alternate versionsA different, British English dub was recorded for the United Kingdom and Ireland release of the film (under the title "Arrietty"), with the voices of Saoirse Ronan as Arrietty, Tom Holland as Shô and Mark Strong, Olivia Colman, Phyllida Law and Geraldine McEwan.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Maltin on Movies: This Means War (2012)
- SoundtracksArrietty's Song
Lyrics by Cécile Corbel
Japanese lyrics by Yôko Ihira
Composed by Simon Caby and Cécile Corbel
Performed by Cécile Corbel
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.
- lewiskendell
- Oct 10, 2011
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $23,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $19,587,032
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,446,395
- Feb 19, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $149,660,003
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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