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When Marnie Was There

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2014 | 103 min | Animation, Drama, Family

Saturday Special

Why it’s a Saturday Special

It earned strong reviews (92% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences rate it highly (7.9 out of 10). A strong pick for the weekend.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for families. If you loved The Wild Robot or The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, start here.
The mood
Feel-good.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 43 min.
What might put you off
  • Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
  • It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsStrong

    92% on Rotten Tomatoes, 72 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesStrong

    7.9 out of 10

  • AwardsSolid

    Nominated for 1 Oscar.

  • Box office & staying powerSolid

    $35 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    About 222K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi

  • Sara TakatsukiAnna Sasaki (voice)
  • Kasumi ArimuraMarnie (voice)
  • Nanako MatsushimaYoriko Sasaki (voice)
  • Susumu TerajimaKiyomasa Oiwa (voice)
  • Toshie NegishiSetsu Oiwa (voice)
  • Ryoko MoriyamaElderly Lady (voice)
  • Kazuko YoshiyukiNanny (voice)
  • Hitomi KurokiHisako (voice)
  • Hiroyuki MorisakiArt Teacher (voice)
  • Takuma OtooNeighborhood Association Officer (voice)