There are some side character but they show up once or are in a side plot that is not resolved or built upon till the end and it is over in a few sentences and one character who knows something is only given a little to explain at the very end. The parts with Anna and Marnie were great but there were sometimes I got confused. The story at the start and end was very interesting but the middle part was only ok.
It was a very fulfilling movie as the art was great as expected from Studio Ghibli. The parts with Anna and Marnie were great but there I really liked this movie as it was an experience from start to end. I really liked this movie as it was an experience from start to end. When I left the cinema I was both happy and sad because I knew this was the last time I got to see a new Studio Ghibli film in the cinema and while I am glad to have seen a great movie, I am sad to see this studio go because I know there will probably never be a collective group of creators like them in my lifetime. It’s up there with the best Studio Ghibli movies, like Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, The Wind Rises and many others. This is just a lovely movie, I cannot recommend it enough if it is playing in your area and it doesn’t matter which format you see it in because the dub cast do an excellent job with their performances and I am certain the Japanese cast do an excellent job too from what I have heard. I liked Inside Out but for goodness sake, this film was way better. If this is to be the final film from Studio Ghibli, they are going out on a high because this film was excellent and really should have won the Oscar for Best Animated Film. The characters are designed brilliantly, it’s just an all round excellent film and it doesn’t appear that too much has been lost in translation between Britain and Japan. I loved the characters, the story line was great and engaging the mood is set perfectly. I loved it so much, this film was so fantastically written, so fantastically animated and it was a joy to experience. The characters are designed brilliantly, it’s just I loved When Marnie Was There. Robinson, "Marnie" was a summer 2014 box office hit in.I loved When Marnie Was There. Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and based on a children's novel by Joan G. Read More: An Exclusive Behind the Scenes Tour of Studio Ghibli The revered Japanese animation house has started to pull back from production in the wake of is-he-or-isn't-he-retired figurehead Hayao Miyazaki's turn toward manga-making, and this may well be Ghibli's last film (for awhile at least).
Reilly, Vanessa Williams, Geena Davis, Kathy Bates, Ellen Burstyn, Catherine O’Hara, Kiernan Shipka, Grey Griffin, Ava Acres and Raini Roodriguez will round out the English-language voice cast for this story of a 12-year-old orphan's friendship with a ghost. Gkids, the distributor behind 2015 Oscar-nominated " Song of the Sea" and Ghibli's own "Tale of the Princess Kaguya," will release "When Marnie Was There" on May 22 in New York and Los Angeles before a nationwide rollout.