Chihiro's not the only one who's spirited away

Rating: Null/10 (2 September 2004)

As with most of Miyazaki's work, he creates surreal worlds and makes us believe in them. With Spirited Away, he transports us into a world where parents turn into pigs, spirits and gods need spa treatments, and little girls display incredible courage, faith, and kindness.
Apart from the fantastic animation, it was refreshing to watch a "grainy" children's adventure, where the bad are not all bad and the good are not all good. Compared to the Disney and Dreamworks flicks, which take the feel good factor to mawkish levels, Spirited Away is filled with eccentric characters (and spirits :) who make you laugh with their refusal to behave as expected.