Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
- You want dark or edgy material
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+7)
Critics 87Audiences 80GoodWatch 83
Tomatometer94%
Metascore80
Audience score86%
User score8.1
Letterboxd · 582 K ratings3.9/5
IMDb7.6
Box office
6.5×its budget
- Budget
- $23 M
- Worldwide
- $150 M
Worldwide it earned $127 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 35 min
A typical length for fantasy movies, −5 min on the typical 100
typical 10095Half of all fantasy movies run 91–114 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
2010
July 16, 2010
16 years ago
Genres
FantasyAnimationFamilyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
France
Japan
Rated
- GUnited States
Yes: it's rated G in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchPure Escapism10 of 10
Mirai ShidaArrietty (voice)
Ryunosuke KamikiSho (voice)
Tomokazu MiuraPod (voice)
Keiko TakeshitaSadako Maki (voice)
Kirin KikiHaru (voice)
Shinobu OtakeHomily (voice)
Tatsuya FujiwaraSpiller (voice)
Shin'ichi HatoriPostman (voice)- MYMasahiro YoshinoAdditional Voices (voice)
Hiromasa YonebayashiAdditional Voices (voice)
Directing · 3
- Hiromasa Yonebayashi Director
- Kenji Imura Second Assistant Director
- Shintarou Nakazawa Second Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Hayao Miyazaki Screenplay, Other
- Keiko Niwa Screenplay
- Mary Norton Novel
Production · 9
- Koji Hoshino Executive Producer
- Toshio Suzuki Producer
- Tayu Sakamoto Production Assistant
- Seiji Okuda Production Manager
- Hiroyuki Watanabe Production Manager
- Tamaki Kojo Other
Camera · 1
- Atsushi Okui Director of Photography
Editing · 4
- Takeshi Seyama Editor
- Rie Matsubara Editor
- Hiromi Sasaki Editor
- Keiko Kadokawa Editor
Sound · 7
- Cécile Corbel Theme Song Performance, Original Music Composer
- Mikio Mori Dolby Consultant
- Hajime Takagi Sound Recordist
- Tsutomu Kawahigashi Dolby Consultant
- Eriko Kimura Other
- Koji Kasamatsu Sound Mixer, Sound Director
Art · 24
- Yoji Takeshige Art Direction
- Naomi Kasugai Background Designer
- Youichi Watanabe Background Designer
- Hiromasa Ogura Background Designer
- Noboru Yoshida Art Direction
- Misato Iwata Background Designer
Visual Effects · 48
- Akihiko Yamashita Animation Director
- Takashi Kawaguchi Key Animation
- Katsuya Kondo Key Animation
- Kiyotaka Oshiyama Key Animation
- Shinji Otsuka Key Animation
- Atsushi Tamura Compositing Artist
Other crew · 1
- Keiko Itogawa Special Effects
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