Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 8 (crow, being seen, leaving the house); ok from 9.
- Not suitable
- Parental guidance
- Ok
GentleGuide scale for sensitive kids. Not an ACCM or Classification Board rating.
About this title
- Classification
- G
- Length
- 94 minutes
- Consumer advice
- Very mild in impact
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Before you press play
A quiet Studio Ghibli Borrowers film: sugar cubes, vents, and a garden that is a wilderness when you are ten centimetres tall. The load is being seen, a crow at the window, a cat the size of a bus, and a family packing up their home.
- Being tiny in a huge house
- A crow and a cat
- Seen by a human boy
- A boy who is ill
- Having to leave home
- A mother in a jar
What may feel big
A crow diving; a cat's paw; first borrowing in a dark kitchen; Shawn's eye at the grate; the family deciding they must move; Shawn naming an operation; Homily picked up and jarred; pest-control talk.
4-6. Four is below this scale. Five and six need a grown-up for the crow, the cat, and Homily in the jar. The garden is beautiful; the scale still makes animals look like monsters.
7-9. A fair try with someone beside them. Pause for the window crow and the pantry jar. Shawn's illness is quieter and can sit longer.
10-12. They can hold a farewell to a house. The crow is still a flinch. Fine to skip the jar if trapping a parent is too close.
Triggers in this guide
Counts are how often that theme shows up in the notes -- not when it happens.
- Sadness 3
- Separation 2
- Scary Imagery 1
- Peril 3