
When Marnie Was There
Taste attributes: animationdramafamilyfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginaryintricateemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipunlikely connections
"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
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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
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Details
- Genre
- Animation
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Studio Ghibli
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











