The borrower family of concern in this movie are husband and wife Pod and Homily, and their teenage daughter Arrietty (prounounced AH-ree-eh-tee (Japanese) or AIR-ee-eh-tee (in the dub), but definitely not A-RYE-eh-tee, as I originally thought). LOL.The movie tells the story of a family of borrowers, or tiny doll-sized humanoid creatures that live hidden in human homes, and survive by “borrowing”, or taking little things that they need such as bits of food or tissue or discarded items, from the humans without being seen. The Studio Ghibli adaptation was released in 2010 in Japan, and is only just making it to US shores now… sigh, I feel so behind. ![]() From what I’ve read online it seems that it follows the earlier part of the stories quite closely, though I’ve never read any of the Borrowers books myself, though I do believe I saw at least part of some of the many film versions at some point. Because like most Studio Ghibli films, it is excellent, dubbed or subbed.The Secret World of Arrietty is based on the 1952 British novel “The Borrowers” by Mary Norton, and some of its sequels. I highly, highly recommend seeing it either way. Warning… SPOILERS! Oh yes, spoilers most definitely abound in this brief recap/review, so if you want to be surprised go see the movie and then come back. It was an extremely enjoyable movie experience and one which I will recount and describe here. As it is still only in the theaters in the US I had no choice but to watch the English dubbed version (I usually prefer subbed), but Ghibli/Miyazaki films are usually dubbed fairly well and this was no exception. It was written by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki along with Keiko Niwa, and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Well, yesterday I went to the movie theater and saw the latest Studio Ghibli film… The Secret World of Arrietty, in English, or Kari-gurashi no Arietti (The Borrower Arrietty), in Japanese. Hello again, bloggers! Chani here once more! I am on a roll as of late it seems, doesn’t it? ^_^
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