A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Spirited Away has much to say about many worthy things: the life of the spirit, materialist greed, the importance of words, the power of love.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
27 Nov 2013
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Miyazaki's luminescent, gorgeously realized world is relatively safe for children, but it also acknowledges blood, pain, dread, and death in ways that other animated films wouldn't dare.
– Tasha Robinson,
AV Club,
27 Nov 2013
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It's an amazing work, filled with a visual intelligence that's meticulously composed and obscenely clever.
– Michael Agger,
New Yorker,
27 Nov 2013
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The result is nothing less than magical, a throwback to the very best of early Disney. If I can't remember the last time I was this enchanted by an animated film, it's because I was too young.
– Jack Mathews,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr 2014
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Artful but not arty, Spirited Away is a handcrafted cartoon, as personal as an Utamaro painting, yet its breadth and heart give it an appeal that should touch American viewers of all ages.