I love this movie so much

One of my all time favorites.

Expected more

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is a beautifully animated story with a simple plot and characters that could've been developed further. This movie is a bit entertaining, but I'm in no hurry to watch it again.

Now this was a nice pleasant watch to be sure with some eye catching visuals. However I watched it after watching two of Ghibli's masterpieces - my neighbour Totoro and Kiki's delivery service. And this film suffered a bit in comparison. The villain is lacking in motivation- he (or she) just seems plain evil, something unusual in a studio Ghibli film. Still very competently made.My score is 7/10

The Secret World of Arrietty is an anime movie directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and dubbed by Walt Disney. A sickly teenage boy by the name of Shawn is sent to his mother's childhood home to be taken care of by his grandmother before he undergoes heart surgery. While staying, he encounters a tiny teenage girl named Arrietty while she is scavenging through the house. She is a member of a race of tiny humans known as the borrowers who aim not to be discovered by humans as they live in hiding, which Shawn is destined to keep Arrietty and her family from being discovered by the home's maid.Now this film is not directed by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, he only planned and wrote the screenplay to the movie and even if he didn't direct the movie it's still pretty solid. What you will notice early on is that the movie has very limited dialogue, which help sets a calm tone. It feels quite refreshing to see that as it gives the audience quite a bit time to relax with the main characters, and that's exactly what the movie does. Whether it's Arrietty exploring the home or Shawn having to deal with his lifelong sickness, the movie ends up being an overall relaxing experience. Even the more intense moments still feel somewhat relaxing.Like the other Ghibli films, the movie is beautifully and smoothly animated. The backgrounds look like they came out of a painting, moreso than the other Ghibli movies I've seen. Either way, the movie gives us both the perspectives of the humans and the borrowers. When we see the perspective of the borrowers, the backgrounds are usually to scale to them and usually don't appear to be large in scale compared to the borrowers. This makes the adventures throughout the house feel very engaging as a result. There were a couple of times where the backgrounds did confuse me, but it wasn't a huge problem.The movie's main theme is being brave and gaining courage to face your fears. I found the execution to be well done, but I think it could've been done a little bit better. I think it mainly has to do with the short running time. I won't go into much detail regarding this since it does dive into spoiler territory.Overall, the movie's simple, well animated, engaging, heartfelt and relaxing. This movie is well worth your time regardless of whether you're a Ghibli fan or not.9/10

Based on the Mary Norton novel, this is one anime film you ought to see. One of the few movies that was mixed as a background film, it's more than you think of it. To put the animated film in a simple way, it's a beautifully crafted, intimate adventure movie and — presented in hand-drawn 2- dimensional — one of the most visually arresting you'll enjoy all year. It didn't get much attention as Spirited Away, Your Name, or Howl's Moving Castle, but it's not the worst of the anime bunch.The beauty of anime movies is that they have such depth and heart, and this film is a perfect example. There are some cons to this film, but they're very little. One thing is that David Henrie, doesn't sound like himself at all, according to my sister. And like most films, it kind of takes me a long time to figure out which actor is which.