a charming and fantastical cult classic

Rating: 10/10 (25 June 2006)

This very simply (argueably)is one of the finest movies ever made.!!!
Because this film is a "cartoon" it is discarded by most cinema\movie goers and is a real travesty because it is a touching and memorable story that invlolves a little girl that stumbles into a world of magic and fantastical surroundings who has to find and free her parents that has been turned into pigs by an evil dictator(witch). Her adventure is helped by a boy that can turn into a dragon and various other strange and wonderful creatures. The story whips along at a great pace and everyone that i manage to persuade to watch this film always are confused by the fact that they have never heard of it or studio ghibli(the studio that produces this and many other great classics).
Why are great classics like this not rewarded with the publicity they deserve and require here in the west? , i am quite sure that in its native country these films are greatly loved. I suggest to you that spirited away should be watched by everyone ,as a story as good as this one should NEVER be missed , this is a definite ten out of ten. Watch, enjoy and be spirited away to a place that you will want to come back to again and again.