When Marnie Was There
Film2014103 min

When Marnie Was There

Taste attributes: animationdramafamilyfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginaryintricateemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipunlikely connections

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"Promise we'll remain a secret, forever."

Boxlist takeExpect a wholesome, heightened animated film, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Quality rating

8.0 /10

TMDB · 1,269 votes

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What lines up

  • Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
  • Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

complex relationshipunlikely connections

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Sara TakatsukiKasumi ArimuraNanako MatsushimaSusumu TerajimaToshie Negishi

Details

Genre
Animation
Year
2014
Runtime
103 min
Status
Released
Studio
Studio Ghibli
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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