Quote from mogiks
Arrietty. I thought my local cinema (in the UK) wasn't going to show it so when I saw they were I got quite excited, but ultimately I was pretty disappointed, tbh... It has a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes but for me it is no way near as good as most Ghibli movies. I'm not really sure why, it just didn't feel very magical to me and I was disappointed with the story and the character development. Also my local cinema showed the English dub when I went (not sure they showed it in Japanese with subs at all). I was hopeful when I saw the cast for the British dub but I was pretty disappointed and I'd much rather have seen it subbed.
Aside from my complaints though, the music by Cécile Corbel is great and they fit it into certain points in the film perfectly. I can't seem to find anywhere to buy the English version though, only the Japanese, and ideally I'd like both ;_; Anyway, the film wasn't awful and I am kind of hoping they make a sequel because Spiller was the most interesting character to me but he barely got any screentime.
I watched the movie with english subs and found it ok. It wasn't as good as Spirited Away, but I agree about the wonderful music score.
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