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IMDb rating 8.6
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Critic Marc Savlov
rated 8

Kids will love this film, adults will love this film -- possibly the only folks who won't like it will be those poor Disney animators...

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle
Critic Patrick Peters
rated 10

...a captivating fantasy that sets a new benchmark for animation.

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 10

...a beautifully drawn and wonderfully composed work of art - really, no other description will do...

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Ed Gonzalez
rated 10

Miyazaki celebrates individualism and nature's simple, untainted beauties, subsequently pondering the transcendent power of communication between the inside and the outside.

Read full review at Slant Magazine
Critic Scott Thill
rated 10

You gotta have the yang with the yin. Miyazaki’s films always have both, and Spirited Away is one of his finest.

Read full review at Popmatters
Critic Roger Ebert
rated 10

...populated with limitless creativity. Has any film ever contained more different kinds of beings that we have never seen anywhere before? Miyazaki's imagination never rests.

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Critic Kasper Christoffer Larsen
rated 8

Kan børnene ikke overtales, kan man roligt selv tage med Chihiro til Eventyrland!

Read full review at Cinemazone
Ronny Svensson
rated 10

Ett rent mästerverk inom anime av Maestro själv Miyasaki! En fantasifull saga om gott och ont för hela familjen!

2 years ago

Cast & Crew

Hayao Miyazaki
Director
Bunta Sugawara
As Kamaji (voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki
As Boh (voice)
Mari Natsuki
As Yubaba / Zeniba (voice)
Takashi Naito
As Akio Ogino (voice)
Miyu Irino
As Haku (voice)

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Spirited Away is a fantasy film that follows the story of a young girl named Chihiro who is transported to a magical world while on her way to her new home with her parents. In this world, humans are turned into animals and she must find a way to survive and rescue her parents who have been transformed into pigs. Along the way, she meets a mysterious boy named Haku who helps her navigate this strange new world and its inhabitants, including the evil witch Yubaba who controls the bathhouse where Chihiro works. With the help of Haku and No-Face, a lonely spirit who can swallow people whole, Chihiro sets out on an adventure filled with danger, magic, and self-discovery. Will she be able to return home or will she remain trapped in this mysterious land forever?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Spirited Away include Monster House, Anastasia, Treasure Planet, Fantasia 2000 (Special Edition), Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists, The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain.