The best film I have ever seen.

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2008)

Spirited Away is pure magic from beginning to end. I have never seen anything on a screen that has come close to filling me with so much joy, and I probably never will. I have watched other great works of the screen with awe (The Third Man, Seven Samurai, The Godfather I & II etc etc), but for all their excellence they do not leave me with the same feeling as this film. As profound as you wish it to be, and as moving as your heart will allow, every metaphor, every character, every nuance is judged to perfection. Every time I watch this film I feel the same, that bizarre nervous system overload that is to be profoundly happy and deeply saddened at the same time. The absolute best experience that anyone with a head full of dreams can have in the cinema.