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Release Date:

May 22, 2015

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “A young girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect.”

Poster: C+

Review: A simple artistic rendering that’s a bit less colorful or sumptuous than an actual still from the film. It might still work.

Trailer: B+

Review: There’s a calculated effort here to make this seem like the film has a kinship with Hayao Miyazaki’s classic Spirited Away. The story has some variant elements, but it has too many similarities to be dismissed. The producers also go to great lengths to make sure the audience knows the Miyazaki connection because without it, hopes of any measure of box office success wither.

Oscar Prospects:

It will likely be a nominee for Best Animated Feature. It will not win.

Revisions:

(May 17, 2015) Original