Spirited Away

Synopsis:

As the movie opens we see young Chihiro on her way to a new town, a new school, during a move and Chihiro complains the entire way. However, her father decides to take a shortcut and ends up at a dead end with nothing more than a large wall and a tunnel that is big enough to walk through. Curious, her mother and father both decide to walk through the tunnel and see whats at the other end and not wanting to be left alone, Chihiro joins them. At the end of the tunnel they discover a stone path that leads to an abandoned theme park and decide to investigate the forgotten wonder. Oddly enough what they find amongst the wreckage is a strip of food stores that have a hot meal waiting for them but no one around to serve it. As Chihiros parents decide to partake in the feast, she decides to look around some more and comes across a young man that tells her to leave immediately before night falls. Scared, Chihiro runs while noticing the shadows beginning to move with a life that is not humanly possible and as she goes back to where her parents were all she finds is two large pigs stuffing their faces. She continues to run towards the way that they came in only to come across a large lake that has now surrounded the entire area. Curling up into a fetal position Chihiro hopes that this is all a dream but as the shadows close in she realizes that this is a new reality.


Reviewer: Endosanity
Number of episodes watched: 1


Review:

Simply put, Spirited Away is an amazing film and I don't give a damn if it is tagged as a kids movie. Not only are you given a boisterous living parallel universe full of demons and other denizens brought to life with the use of vivid colors, but a wonderful lesson about maturing presented through the actions of one 10 year old. I gotta be honest that I was captivated by Chihiros' character and how she affected every person... er, demon... she came in contact with by her actions or just by listening and reading between the lines, that there is so much more than whats on the surface of any one being. Her innocence to all the matters at hand only fuel the the already present fantastic story being told and combining this all with superb animation makes this a film that should not be passed up at any rate. Rent this, watch it with the family, and enjoy the originality of a wonderful parallel universe to ours being turned upside down with the actions of one young girl by a most bizarre twist of fate.

Beautifully animated and a captivating story set in a world that only the stuff of dreams are made of, Spirited Away is one of the finest animated films I have seen to date and simply should not be missed. Highly recommended.

Spirited Away (trailer)

Recommendation |High|


Media type: DVD
From: Walt Disney Pictures
Languages spoken: English;Japanese
Subtitles: English