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- 2002
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios
- 2 h 5 m
- 2002
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios
- 2 h 5 m
Summary A young girl, Chihiro, becomes 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. [Walt Disney Studios]
Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki
Written By: Hayao Miyazaki
- 2002
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios
- 2 h 5 m
- 2002
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios
- 2 h 5 m
Spirited Away
9.0
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Summary A young girl, Chihiro, becomes 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. [Walt Disney Studios]
Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki
Written By: Hayao Miyazaki
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Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 41 Critic Reviews
96
100% Positive
41 Reviews
41 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 41 Critic Reviews
96
100% Positive
41 Reviews
41 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Miyazaki celebrates individualism and nature’s simple, untainted beauties, subsequently pondering the transcendent power of communication between the “inside” and the “outside.”
The fact that Miyazaki and his team hand-draw the images before they're digitally coloured and animated gives them an artistry that has been woefully lacking from so many recent American features.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,910 User Ratings
9.0
94% Positive
1795 Ratings
1795 Ratings
3% Mixed
57 Ratings
57 Ratings
3% Negative
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,910 User Ratings
9.0
94% Positive
1795 Ratings
1795 Ratings
3% Mixed
57 Ratings
57 Ratings
3% Negative
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
Es una de esas obras a las que vuelves aún habiendola visto como 5 veces. No es porque caada vez quela veas aprendas algo nuevo porque te la sabes entera pero es una obra con un carácter tan singular y unos detalles que hacen que el mundo se sienta tan vivo que es el propio acto de verla la que te hace sonreir y volver a soñar cada vez.
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An out-and-out charmer. It's almost impossible to do justice in words either to the visual richness of the movie, which melanges traditional Japanese clothes and architecture with both Victorian and modern-day artifacts, or to the character-filled storyline, with human figures, harpies and grotesque creatures.
Wondrously strange and just plain wonderful.
Enchanting and impressively crafted.
Offers a ride worth taking -- an excursion through a fantastical pop universe that is pure, enchanting magic. Try it; you'll like it.
Too intense for the youngest viewers, but teenagers will enjoy it -- an ill-smelling "stink-god" character is almost worthy of a Kevin Smith gross-out movie -- and grown-ups should find it diverting, if not exactly deep.
Balm for the soul, haute cuisine for the visual center of the brain. There is so much love for detail in the animations and backgrounds. You can't help but be amazed at the two-hour running time. Like no other, Miyazaki knows how to address and educate young and old on the same and different levels, setting off an entertaining firework of ideas.
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Spirited Away is probably the only Hayao Miyazaki movie I think is decent. The art is really the only thing that saves it for me since I couldn't get a feel for the characters outside the animals and minor ones. It just falls flat in many parts to me especially with Haku.
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Decent movie worth a watch, with a strong storyline and a good script. However, I am not a fan of the animation, it reminds me too much of Pokemon and the typical Japanese cartoons.
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Production Company
- Tokuma Shoten
- Studio Ghibli
- Nippon Television Network (NTV)
- Dentsu
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment
- Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC)
- Mitsubishi
Release Date Sep 20, 2002
Duration 2 h 5 m
Rating PG
Tagline The tunnel led Chihiro to a mysterious town.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Tokyo Anime Award
• 8 Wins & 8 Nominations
Mainichi Film Concours
• 5 Wins & 5 Nominations