Spirited Away [VHS]

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The highest grossing film in Japanese box-office history (more than $234million), Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away (Sen To ChihiroKamikakushi) is a dazzling film that reasserts the power of drawnanimation to create fantasy worlds. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Ozand Lewis Carroll's Alice, Chihiro (voice by Daveigh Chase--Lilo in Disney'sLilo & Stitch) plunges into an alternate reality. On the way totheir new home, the petulant adolescent and her parents find what they thinkis a deserted amusement park. Her parents stuff themselves until they turninto pigs, and Chihiro discovers they're trapped in a resort for traditionalJapanese gods and spirits. An oddly familiar boy named Haku (Jason Marsden)instructs Chihiro to request a job from Yubaba (Suzanne Pleshette), thegreedy witch who rules the spa. As she works, Chihiro's untapped qualitieskeep her from being corrupted by the greed that pervades Yubaba'smini-empire. In a series of fantastic adventures, she purges a river godsuffering from human pollution, rescues the mysterious No-Face, and befriendsYubaba's kindly twin, Zeniba (Pleshette again). The resolve, bravery, and loveChihiro discovers within herself enable her to aid Haku and save her parents.The result is a moving and magical journey, told with consummate skill by oneof the masters of contemporary animation. MPAA Rated: PG ("Some scary moments") --Charles Solomon

Description:
From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated cinema comes the most acclaimed film of 2002. Hayao Miyazaki's latest triumph, filled with astonishing animation and epic adventure, is a dazzling masterpiece for the ages. It's a "wonderfully welcoming work of art that's as funny and entertaining as it is brilliant, beautiful, and deep" (Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal). SPIRITED AWAY is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, 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 herself and return her family to the outside world. An unforgettable story brimming with creativity, SPIRITED AWAY will take you on a journey beyond your imagination. "To enter the world of Hayao Miyazaki is to experience a kind of lighthearted enchantment that is unique to the world of animation" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). It's a fantastic tale the whole family will want to experience over and over again.

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Not my favorite Miyazaki movie
I've seen four Miyazaki movies: My Neighbor Totoro (weird but cute), Kiki's Delivery Service (adorable!), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (excellent movie!), and most recently, Spirited Away. It seems the aforementionaed film has recieved huge amounts of critical acclaim and was a success at the box office. I seem to be in the minority here, because I was teetering on the edge between giving it two or three stars.

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Rating: - One of Miyazaki's Best
Miyazaki's films always bring me back to being a kid again and enjoying that never ending exilleration of experiencing something new and exciting and frightful all at the same time.I love this film, the animation is the best I've seen from the Studio Ghibli.Miyazaki's films are always enchanting, always visually and emotionally stimulating. Spirited Away, you will love it.
Rating: - One of the best anime films out there
You don't have to love anime to appreciate this film, but it helps! I consider myself a picky anime lover; not all will do but a few will blow me away, and this is one of those few. Spirited Away has a great overall moral to it's story: growing up and becoming selfless. In the beginning, our protagonist, Chiyo, is your typical teen. But when forces beyond her control leave her to fight to save her parents, she surprisingly steps up to bat. With each trial and tribulation, Chiyo discovers that perhaps ... Read More
Rating: - Spirited Away
I am not big on many of the Animation movies with their spin onwhat I consider overacting heroes, however from time to time I find those films that rise above any cultural difference and truly inspire and illuminate something special (e.g. Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Princess Moanoke). This movie along with being nicely animated had an interesting way of telling the story. A family goes on a picnic and enters a strange world through a path into a walking tunnel. The lessons the young girl learns ... Read More
Rating: - A Truly *Wonderful* and *Magical* Movie!!!
I love the movie SPIRITED AWAY by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. It's a breath taking anime film about a young girl, Chihiro, who is literally "spirited away" to a nether world full of magical beings and fantastic possibilities. She must stay and work at a bathhouse for spirits because a witch has turned her parents into pigs. With courage, hope, love, and the help of a boy named Haku, Chihiro must find a way to outsmart the witch and rescue herself and her parents from this realm and return to the ... Read More