As surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph, as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming.
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10/17/02
Spirited Away (2002)
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Reviews Counted:154
Fresh:150
Rotten:4
Average Rating:8.5/10
Consensus: Hayao Miyazaki's dazzling, enchanting Spirited Away takes viewers, young and old alike, through the looking glass.
Runtime: 2 hrs 12 mins
Genre: Childrens
US Box Office: $9,855,615
Synopsis: Directed by animation legend Hayao Miyazaki, SPIRITED AWAY is the tale of Chihiro (voiced by Daveigh Chase), a young girl who is taken down an unusual road by her parents while moving to a new home... [More]
Starring: Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Michael Chiklis, Susan Egan
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Reviews for Spirited Away
61 - 80 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
This gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family.
10/17/02
Spirited Away is a wonderous tale for grade schoolers that never condescends or spoon feeds its themes. Miyazaki’s characters and situations are so engaging that he can condemn greed and environmental negligence without ever sermonizing.
10/14/02
Genius and nothing but -- that's what Miyazaki means.
10/13/02
'Alice in Wonderland meets the East...taking full advantage of the complex powers of anime and its freedom to go wherever the mind can imagine.'
10/12/02
Let's keep it simple: Miyazaki is a genius, and this film is a masterpiece; go see it.
10/11/02
At the almost-two-hour mark, the film, which seems poised to keep going with yet another bravura sequence of magic, suddenly wraps everything up really fast.
10/11/02
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10/11/02
Visually imaginative, thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful, it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality.
10/10/02
That the story sometimes makes not a lick of sense is among its virtues, imparting as it does the exhilarating feeling that anything can happen.
10/10/02
A breathtakingly magical animated fable that lifts your spirits and carries you away to a world far beyond your wildest imagination.
10/09/02
At its heart and most importantly, Spirited Away concerns a little girl learning to honour her friends and her family by valuing herself.
10/09/02
A true work of art from one of our greatest living filmmakers.
10/07/02
[Spirited Away is] the most deeply and mysteriously satisfying animated feature to come along in ages.
10/06/02
The colors, textures, and settings are impressively beautiful, and the overall effect is mystical and magical, familiar and dreamlike.
10/05/02
There is a force of visual rapture in Spirited Away.
10/04/02
Packed with strange beings amid painterly settings, Spirited Away delivers one of the most colorful fantasy worlds since the similarly surreal Yellow Submarine.
10/04/02
Children may not understand everything that happens -- I'm not sure even Miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated, and undoubtedly delighted.
10/04/02
Miyazaki floods the screen with beautiful scenes and enough fascinating creatures to put Pokemon to shame.
10/04/02
One of [Miyazaki's] finest.
10/04/02
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