
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.
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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.
