Yet at school, her own classmates consider her to be quieter than a mouse, and she never talks about school with Yoriko. What’s kept a mystery is why? There are items such as framed pictures that show that when she was younger, she was very happy with her foster family, particularly her ‘Auntie’ Yoriko (Geena Davis), whom she recalls spending much quality time cooking with her. She is polite, she knows how to address someone when they talk to her, it just so happens that instead of describing herself in great detail, she makes every attempt possible to say as little as possible when asked about herself. Here, this is a girl who’s highly introverted, but is capable of social skills. Many films want to get their point of teen angst across more obviously by making their protagonist as shy and insecure as possible, and in the end, that character will come across as too shy and unrealistic. Our central character Anna Sasuki (Hailee Steinfeld) is in my opinion one of the most realistic portrayals of a young preteen put to film. I haven’t read it yet, but even if I had, I would try my best not to compare and contrast a film adaptation (faithful or not) should be able to stand on its own and tell its story with enough differences to make audiences familiar with the book guess the outcomes while staying true to the source material’s tone, and tell it through visual means, and in my opinion, this film succeeds tremendously! Anna Robinson’s novel (for which the film was based upon) are curious, I won’t be drawing any comparisons from the film to the book. Films are subjective and can mean something different to one another. However, after thinking about it for months, buying it on blu-ray and delving deep into the characters, the imagery and the themes, I can finally express why I now consider this to be one of my all-time favourite films! Fair warning: THIS ANALYSIS SPOILS EVERYTHING! And keep in mind, this is my sole opinion. After seeing it in late June, I considered it one of Studio Ghibli’s best films they’ve ever made. The chance to see a Ghibli flick on the big screen was such a nerve-wracking but thrilling thought that I avoided all plot details and almost every photo except for the mesmerizing poster! And while this film in no way failed expectations (having made back trice its budget worldwide and ranking 90% on Rotten Tomatoes) the general consensus among critics and fans was that it was ‘good, but not their best’. When I had first heard that Studio Ghibli’s supposedly final film, When Marnie Was There, was being released to the US and Canada in 2015, and that the local arthouse theatre by my workplace was showing it, I was excited.
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