an excellent family movie

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2009)

Princess Mononoke was my first Ghibli movie, and then I saw Spirited Away. Both are simply awesome. Miyazaki has this wonderful ability to bring an 'Alice in wonderland' feeling to most of his movies viz. 'Howl's moving castle', 'My neighbor Totoro' and 'The cat returns'. Spirited away is the best in this genre and perhaps the best from studio Ghibli. Other than wonderful animation and a very good storyline, what caught my attention is Miyazaki's unique way of character development. The characters in this movie (and most other Ghibli movies) are so full of life. Interspersed with comedy, emotions, action and specs from Japanese fairy tales, Spirited Away makes an excellent family movie.
10 out of 10