'The Secret World of Arrietty' -- 3 1/2 stars

G; 1:35 running time

The story comes from Mary Norton's book "The Borrowers" (in Japan, the film was titled "The Borrower Arrietty"), so if you or your child happened to read one or more of the "Borrowers" books, there's another access point for you. Arrietty, 14 and ready to bloom, lives under the floorboards of a house with her equally miniature father and mother. While dodging the odd house cat, they "borrow" what they need to survive from their unwitting, full-size human hosts: a sugar cube here, a knickknack there. -- Michael Phillips

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