When Marnie Was There (2014)
Monday, August 17, 2015
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Japanese title: 思い出のマーニー
(Omoide no Mānii)
Other title: Воспоминания о Марни, Souvenirs de Marnie,
Quando Estou Com Marnie, Quando c'era Marnie, Marnie Oradayken.
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"The progression is truly misleading" - Rosalyn Lim.
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When Marnie Was There (2014) the second anime feature film by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. It based on the novel of the same title by Joan G. Robinson. This Studio Ghibli film is potentially the last anime feature by the acclaimed studio.
When Marnie Was There (2014) Synopsis
Sent from her foster home in the city one summer to a sleepy town by the sea in Hokkaido, Anna dreams her days away among the marshes. She believes she's outside the invisible magic circle to which most people belong — and shuts herself off from everyone around her, wearing her "ordinary face". Anna never expected to meet a friend like Marnie, who doesn't judge Anna for being herself. But just as Anna learns the loveliness of friendship, she begins to wonder about her newfound friend…
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Movie Review: When Marnie Was There (2014)
Anna Sasaki.
I seriously thought When Marnie Was There (2014) was a romance film based around a lesbian relationship. I have no issue with LGBT films (in fact, I love them) but let me explain why I thought this to be the case and why it is necessary to discuss in this review.
The swamp house. Anna meets Marnie.
When I watch a film, I would instantly evaluate it based on what I actually detect from the viewing. I rarely watch trailers or read a lot about it beforehand so most of the time my mind is clean as I do not want to form preconceptions. That is why I couldn't help thinking Studio Ghibli had made a lesbian film, as it has a misleading story progression.
Anna and Marnie.
The girls at the festival.
Lesbian film or not, that is not the issue. The thing is, When Marnie Was There (2014) is quite a letdown because they had attracted my genuine interest; I thought this was going to be a special Studio Ghibli film which celebrates LGBT pride but in the end it is not. It is also not a romance nor a friendship film; it is something else and the progression is truly misleading. I guess they are just trying to make the film feel mysterious but this goes terribly wrong.
Anna as flower girl.
Despite this, When Marnie Was There (2014) does have the ability to make us wonder about people from the past and everyone's unique story. There are some sad scenes and the ending is a little satisfying because a mystery is solved but all that cannot make up for rest of the time wasted on something that ends up feeling underdeveloped. I wanted to love When Marnie Was There (2014), but I just can't.
When Marnie Was There.
PS. Finally, my Studio Ghibli Marathon is complete!
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Will write a page regarding this and add this to all animated feature entries in the future.
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Studio Ghibli fans...
Details of the movie
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Producer: Yoshiaki Nishimura, Toshio Suzuki
Story: Joan G. Robinson
Screenplay: Keiko Niwa, Masashi Andō, Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Cinematography: Junji Yabuta, Atsushi Tamura, Hidenori Shibahara
Music: Takatsugu Muramatsu
Studio: Studio Ghibli
Starring: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura
Full Credit: [IMDb]
Distributor: Toho
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
Running time: 103 mins
Budget: USD 10,523,124 est.
Box office: USD 30,563,937 est.
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