Spirited Away (2001) 8/10

Starring : Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Jason Marsden, Susan Egan, David Ogden Stiers, Lauren Holly, Michael Chiklis
Director : Hayao Miyazaki
Running Time : 125 mins

When Chihiro (Chase) and her family are moving to their new home, they take a wrong turn and find themselves in the spirit world. Chihiro’s parents are transformed into pigs, and Chihiro meets a young boy named Haku (Marsden) who tells her that the only way for her to save her parents is to take a job in the local spirit bathhouse, run by the manipulative Yubaba (Pleshette) who is holding her parents as food stock.

Visually speaking, this movie is very impressive. Each individual character appears to have been painstakingly thought through in terms of their look, and the story is fun and filled with fantasy. It’s hardly surprising that this was only the second animated movie to win a best picture Oscar as, even if only taken from an aesthetic view, this is a very fine piece.

You’ll like this if you liked : Alice In Wonderland