![]() ![]() It appears, to Shawn at least, like a miniature person, but he thinks nothing of it. While going into the rambling house he stops and notices something flicker through the grass. The movie begins from the point of view of the regular-sized humans – Shawn (voiced by David Henrie in the United States dub) is a young boy who, right before having a serious medical operation, is being sent to live with his Great Aunt Sophie ( Carol Burnett) in the country (the fresh air will do him good and all that). ![]() Walking out of the theater, you’ll feel at least a few inches shorter.Īnimated Features 2023 Preview: From ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ to Miyazaki’s ‘How Do You Live?’ Farewell The books have been adapted a number of times, including a fairly high profile 1997 theatrical film starring John Goodman, but “ The Secret World of Arrietty,” the wry and spirited new animated version from the wizards at Studio Ghibli (distributed in America by Disney with a translation overseen by Pixar), is the most breathlessly told, visually thrilling and emotionally involving yet. While this doesn’t explain the mystery of the missing sock, it does give a nifty explanation to misplaced household items, told with a twinkly kind of magic that’s easy to believe in, especially at a time in your life when you too are smaller than most people. The charmingly simple conceit behind Mary Norton‘s children’s fantasy novel series, “ The Borrowers,” is that there are a race of tiny people, no bigger than a stack of quarters or a human thumb, that live underneath your floorboards, sneaking into your home at night to “borrow” things essential to their survival. ![]()
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