Spirited Away
From the legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke), this Academy Award winner (Best Animated Film) follows the fanciful adventures of a ten-year-old girl named Chihiro.
- Director:
- Hayao Miyazaki ('Princess Mononoke')
- Writer:
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast:
- Daveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteJason MarsdenSusan EganDavid Ogden Stiers
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressAn out-and-out charmer. It's almost impossible to do justice in words either to the visual richness of the movie, which melanges traditional Japanese clothes and architecture with both Victorian and modern-day artifacts, or to the character-filled storyline, with human figures, harpies and grotesque creatures.
The New York Times
pressThe towering, lost dreaminess at the heart of the film is an unmistakable obsession of this director.
Hollywood Reporter
pressSpirited dazzles and entertains like no other movie this year. It also comes to a satisfying conclusion and never once seems to take shortcuts. Miyazaki is one of world cinema's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers.
Empire Magazine
pressThe fact that Miyazaki and his team hand-draw the images before they're digitally coloured and animated gives them an artistry that has been woefully lacking from so many recent American features.
Variety
pressAn out-and-out charmer. It's almost impossible to do justice in words either to the visual richness of the movie, which melanges traditional Japanese clothes and architecture with both Victorian and modern-day artifacts, or to the character-filled storyline, with human figures, harpies and grotesque creatures.
The New York Times
pressThe towering, lost dreaminess at the heart of the film is an unmistakable obsession of this director.
Hollywood Reporter
pressSpirited dazzles and entertains like no other movie this year. It also comes to a satisfying conclusion and never once seems to take shortcuts. Miyazaki is one of world cinema's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers.
Empire Magazine
pressThe fact that Miyazaki and his team hand-draw the images before they're digitally coloured and animated gives them an artistry that has been woefully lacking from so many recent American features.
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