When Marnie Was There Movie (2014): Where to watch and stream online

When Marnie Was There

2014, Movie, 1h 43min

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.

Country: Japan

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Reviews

Critic Brian Tallerico

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...a sweet tale about learning to embrace our tragic pasts and differences not so we fit in but so we are comfortable on our own. It is filled with the luscious, beautiful 2D animation...

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Wendy Ide

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...this beguiling, bittersweet tale has a bruised maturity that some of the more overtly fantastic Ghibli stories are lacking.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Dan Jolin

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...a bittersweet sayonara for the studio.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Jesse Hassenger

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There’s a lovely and fitting simplicity in 12-year-old Anna emerging as the heroine of When Marnie Was There, the last film from Japan’s Studio Ghibli animation house.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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The gentle, unforced charm of the animation feels like the very best of book illustration come to miraculous life, but with a strong, almost Hitchcockian streak of excitement and danger.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Bjørn Andersen

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...når måske ikke Miyazakis magiske højder men formår alligevel at tilføre en historie om teenage-tungsind en gådefuld og barnlig charme.

Read full review at Cinemazone

Frequently asked questions

What is When Marnie Was There about? Toggle content

In this poignant and mysterious animated drama, a young girl named Anna is sent to live with relatives in a remote coastal town, where she discovers an abandoned mansion and becomes obsessed with a girl named Marnie who lives there. As Anna delves deeper into Marnie's world, she learns about friendship, family secrets, and the power of imagination. But is Marnie real or just a figment of Anna's imagination? The film features stunning animation and a heartwarming story that explores the complexities of human relationships.

Where can I stream When Marnie Was There? Toggle content

You can stream When Marnie Was There on: Netflix

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