One word: Amazing

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2005)

I don't know where to begin describing a movie as powerful as this one. Well, I decided to watch this movie since I liked "Princess Mononoke". Normally, I'm not very much into animated movies but since they became more and more popular during the last years (e.g. "Finding Nemo, "The Incredibles", etc.) I decided to watch this one as well. The result was just overwhelming. The artwork, the characters, the story, everything merges into one big piece of movie history. The most amazing thing about the movie may be the fact of its authenticity: I think everyone of us sees a bit of Chihiro in themselves. The struggle of growing up, being abandoned from ones parents for the first time, learning how hard work can be- only to name SOME of the problems Chihiro (and with her all of us) has to face. Miyazaki manages to combine all the morally important points with a great portion of humour and drama. Besides the story based perfection there is the great animation of the movie. In my opinion it's delivering the message better than the computer generated kind as it is presented in the movies I mentioned above. If you now think I exaggerated with this review, please, do me the favor and watch this movie. There are so many movies of utter stupidity and lack of intelligence nowadays. If you really want to see a movie that makes you think some longer than the 128 minutes you watch it, just watch it. This is not only a movie about growing up- it's also masterpiece that deserves some attention.