Arrietty: Blu Ray Review

Arrietty: Blu Ray Review

Rating: G
Released by Madman Home Entertainment

Another Studio Ghibli outing, Arietty is essentially an animated version of the classic tale The Borrowers.

This time around Arietty is one of the small creatures living at the end of the garden of sickly child Sho.

Arietty is desperate to be part of the borrowing crowd and so one night, she goes out with her dad to "borrow" a few things.

However, Sho sees Arietty and while initially welcoming, this meeting sets in motion a chain of events which causes all of them to inadvertently suffer.

Arrietty is another fine example of the quality of product emerging from Studio Ghibli, and while this is a very slight tale, it's charming and sweet and with a high quality of animation.

The interplay between the characters is wonderful and there's something timelessly magical about the nature of the story; its animation is charming too but it's all pretty and family friendly.

Whilst it's not as wonderful as say Ponyo, there' plenty here for everyone to enjoy and drift away to for a good 90 minutes.


Extras: A Whole heap - the English dubbed version, original Japanese version, storyboards, trailers, TV spots, interview with Miyazaki, English cast interview


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