Spirited Away

Rating: 7/10 (25 March 2006)

I was really looking forward to seeing this film, and was really disappointed by it. I agree with the user who commented that the English dubbed voices are just plain awful, especially the main character Chihiro/Sen, whose voice the user described as "like nails on a chalkboard." I realized that I was SUPPOSED to feel really sorry for this little girl's plight and worried about her fate, but quite frankly, all her screeching and crying really got on my nerves to the point that I began to wish she really would be "spirited away" - off my screen! I have seen and loved other movies by this director, and I intend to find a copy of this particular film in the subtitled version, so that I can give it another chance. I'm sure then I will fall in love with it as I have the others.