Spirited Away

The film is strewn with casual poetry. Its colors, often blue and green, are muted and weak, like a tear-spattered love letter.

Spirited Away is no secondhand fairytale retread; it's a fully imagined universe, populated by wondrous beings and haunting landscapes.

The plot starts suffering from dèjá vu before it's even half over. There are only so many octopus men, stink spirits and pig people you can take before they all start to blend together.

The fairy tale adventure is a wonderful exercise in storytelling imagination.

Spirited Away... should connect with almost anyone who sees it. The atmosphere is gentler and more in tune with the rhythms of universal myths and fairy tales.

Spirited Away stands as a work of unparalleled genius.

Aided by fine sound design and an exemplary musical score from regular Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi, the film boasts the detail and visual scale that mark Miyazaki's inimitable style. Simply perfect, from beginning to end.

With an overall presentation that truly elevates it beyond a film and into an experience, Spirited Away earns its status as Hayao Miyazaki ’s magnum opus.



Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away is perhaps the greatest of all animated movies. It’s bizarre yet beautiful, creepy yet whimsical, and chock full of rich themes and unforgettable characters and imagery. It is a bona fide masterpiece.

10-year-old Chihiro's adventurous coming-of-age journey as she conquers her fears and makes new friends against Spirited Away's dazzling animation is as delightful as it gets.