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Spirited Away ( Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi ) (2002) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
65 |
Avg. Rating: |
3.27/4 |
# of Ratings: |
594 |
Genres: |
Anime, Adventure |
Rating: |
PG |
Language: |
Japanese |
Theater Date: | 09/20/2002 |
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Director: |
Hayao Miyazaki, Kirk Wise |
Actors: |
Daveigh Chase
Lauren Holly
Suzanne Pleshette
Michael Chiklis
David Ogden Stiers
Jason Marsden |
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Plot Outline:
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A young girl is whisked away to a world of witches, dragons, gods and spirits when her parents stop at a seemingly abandoned amusement park. When her parents are transformed into pigs, it's up to Chihiro to make new friends and believe in herself in order to find the way back to her own world.
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mitchellyoung 01/15/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
4/4 |
This is the cherry on the top of a great director's career. Spirited Away crafts a magical and visually compelling world of beauty that is one of the most expansive of Miyazaki's career. Along the way, there is some fantastic storytelling of the pseudo Alice in Wonderland type, but the inspiring visuals are the real attraction. |
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smokiediebear 08/30/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
4/4 |
Absolutely stunning film. The creativity, the colors, the action, I freaking adore this movie as do my children. I want to keep this a treasure to myself, but this is a movie to own... |
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gideon43 05/31/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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3/4 |
The highest grossing movie in Japanese history, Spirited Away offers so much more than an animated children's fantasy.
Playing on the themes of childhood to Adulthood and the conflicts between Modern society in Japan and the past, this is a movie rich with colourful characters, extraordinary situations and imaginative storytelling.
Weird and wonderful, this surreal "Alice in Wonderland" fully deserves the many plaudits it received. |
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01/28/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Spirited Away review |
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The film is similar to Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella and Pinocchio, anime style with brilliant symbolisms. A girl named Chihiro Ogino works in Yubaba's bathhouse to make things right. Haku brings Chihiro to the bathhouse where he tells her to see Kamaji, a six-armed man who works the boiler room. The multi-awarded and the highest grossing Japanese film had themes of maturity, confidence in taking up new challenges, purity, rude people, gluttony, avarice, love and friendship. The voice acting, score and visuals were amazing. Only qualms this reviewer had was the pace compared to Princess Mononoke and how easily the challenges were overcome. Nevertheless, Spirited Away is a great film to view especially those who are transferring to a new location and have trepidations about how you... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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05/31/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Overrated but undeniably masterful. |
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With SPIRITED AWAY, Hayao Miyazaki made a major breakthrough not in just Japan, but in many other countries around the world. In fact, it acquired the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2002. Consequently, Disney has since released Miyazaki's output on DVD. However, while SPIRITED AWAY is an absolutely amazing animated feature worthy of five-star status, I wouldn't say it's Miyazaki's greatest feature ever. This surrealistic yet engaging story of a young girl struggling to free her parents from the curse of a greedy enchantress sometimes gets more hype than it deserves; it almost feels as if Ghibli's other works are compared unfavorably to this film. My personal gripe aside, SPIRITED AWAY is worth watching for its mesmerizing visuals and subtle, yet strong messages about simplicit... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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03/17/2008 (1 of 1 found this helpful) |
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Childhood revisited... |
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There is a time in every child's life where the most outrageous fantasy can come true. Not physically, but somewhere in the recesses of the mind, where hope lives and thrives. A world exists that cannot be bothered with adults and happiness is an every-moment occassion. As adults, we try to achieve that state, although we deny it. After watching Spirited Away, I feel like I have come close to achieving a return to childhood fantasy worlds. And it feels great.
This epic, yet intimate story, begins with a young girl named Chihiro sitting in the backseat of her parent's car, complaining to anyone that will listen that she does not want to move to this new town because of her father's new job. They stop at an abandoned amusement park out of curiosity, but end up looking for food. Finding ... |
Rating of
4/4 |
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