"Arrietty" Is Amazing!

My Hubby and I had a great day yesterday.  We went to see the movie "The Secret World of Arrietty!"  I loved it!  It takes its story from "The Borrowers," by Mary Norton. 
The story takes place in 2010 in Koganei, western Tokyo and as in the novel revolves around a group of "tiny people" who are 10 cm tall and live under the floorboards of a typical human household.
A boy named Shō arrives at the house his mother lived in as a child, to live with his great aunt, Sadako. When Shō leaves the car, he sees a cat trying to attack something in the bushes, but the cat leaves after being attacked by a crow. Shō goes to see what the cat was trying to attack. He then sees a Borrower named Arrietty.
That night Arrietty's father, Pod, takes Arrietty above the floorboards to show her how he gets sugar. Their first stop is the kitchen, then they walk within a wall to reach a dollhouse in Shō's bedroom, to get tissue. Before Arrietty and Pod can leave, Arrietty notices Shō is awake, and accidentally drops the sugar cube they got. Shō tells them not to be afraid of him.
The next day, Shō leaves the dropped sugar cube beside an underground air vent where he first saw Arrietty, but Arrietty's mother Homily warns them not to take it because their existence must be kept secret from humans. Still, Arrietty sneaks out to visit Shō in his bedroom and the two become friends. On her return, Arrietty is intercepted by her father. Pod and Homily realize they have been discovered, and decide the family must move out of the house.
Shō learns from Sadako that some of his ancestors had seen Borrowers in this house, and they had the dollhouse made especially for the Borrowers, with working electric lights and ovens. The Borrowers had not been seen since, however, and the dollhouse stayed in Shō's room.
Pod returns injured from a borrowing mission and is being helped by Spiller, a Borrower boy he met on the way, who also informs them of some places the Borrowers could move to. While Pod is recovering, Shō uncovers the floorboards above the Borrower household, uproots their kitchen, and replaces it with the kitchen from the dollhouse as a display of kindness, in hopes the Borrowers would be more accepting of his knowledge of their existence. Instead, they react quite oppositely from Shō's expectations, the action causing the Borrowers to speed up the moving process.
After Pod recovers, he goes to explore some of the places Spiller suggested to them. Arrietty goes to say goodbye to Shō. During their subsequent conversation Shō theorizes that the Borrowers are becoming extinct, which hurts Arrietty. Apologizing, Shō reveals he has had a heart condition since birth and will have an operation in a few days. The operation does not have a good chance of success.
Meanwhile Haru, Sadako's maid, notices the floorboards have been disturbed. Sadako is out and Shō is still in the garden speaking with Arrietty, when Haru unearths the Borrowers' house and puts Homily in a jar in the kitchen. During this time, Arrietty hears the cries of her mother being captured and leaves Shō in the garden so she can go see what is happening to her mother. Saddened by Arrietty's departure, Shō goes back inside the house and into his room, unaware he is being followed by Haru, who subsequently locks him in his room. Haru then calls a pest removal company to smoke out the Borrowers and bring them to her alive.
When Arrietty returns to find Homily missing and their house disturbed, she goes to Shō for help. Arrietty helps Shō break out of his locked room, and Shō then carries Arrietty to the kitchen and distracts Haru while Arrietty rescues Homily. Sadako returns soon after the pest removal company comes, and tells them to leave. Haru tries to prove to Sadako that the Borrowers really exist, but Homily has escaped, and there is nothing below the floorboards: The Borrowers have already set off on their move, and Shō has destroyed the remains.
The Borrowers stop for dinner during their move, and Shō's cat spots Arrietty. The cat brings Shō to Arrietty. He gives her a sugar cube as a parting gift, and tells her the Borrowers' fight for survival has given him hope to live through the operation, which will happen in two days' time. In return, Arrietty gives Shō her "hair" clip. The Borrowers then get into a teapot, which Spiller steers down a river. Spiller gives Arrietty a red berry after joining him on the teapot's top.
  It was a terrific film!  However,  I was not fond of Haru, the maid.  She was such a nosy busybody!  Ugh!  However, as with most projects involving Hayao Miyazaki (as the screenplay writer),  even the villain was not so mean as to be completely hated.  I can't wait for the DVD to be released!  I suspect that it will be here no later than July, right in time for Otakon!  Hooray!  I'll be one happy "Anime-niac" if I'm right!