Spirited Away [VHS]
by Hayao Miyazaki
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Actor: Daveigh Chase, Mari Natsuki, Miyu Irino, Rumi H?ragi, Suzanne PleshetteDirector: Hayao Miyazaki
Cinematographer: Atsushi Okui
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
Producer: Donald W. Ernst
Producer: John Lasseter
Producer: Lori Korngiebel
Producer: Toshio Suzuki
Producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 125 minutes
Release Date: 2003-04-15
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Studio: Walt Disney Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Spirited Away [VHS]
Movie Review: It's really hard not to love it
Summary: 5 Stars
Anime is always stereotyped as nothing but ADD-indused action, annoying music, characters that surprisingly look the same, and a bad example of style-over-substance. This isn't the case with Miyazaki's Spirited Away. This is a very distinct anime film. Not only is it devoid of many stereotypes that anime in general is associated with, but it's a highly imaginative tale, with some fascinating details that you regularly don't see in Naruto or Bleach (both of which I dislike, by the way). Here's the story: a ten-year-old girl named Chihiro and her parents are moving into a new residence, and she's the only one who condemns the decision. Once they get lost by taking a shortcut through the forest, they come across a mysterious bathhouse. Things start to get worse as Chihiro's parents transform into pigs as they indulge themselves with food, and the way back to their car has been blocked. There is only one way out of this: get a job at the bathhouse that is now up and running again, and hopefully her parents will turn back into their normal selves.
With a length of just over two hours, Spirited Away is a visual spectacle of fantasy, drama, and comedy. Miyazaki brings his vivid imagination to life with memorable characters, gorgeous settings, and sequences that feel like they've come straight out of a dream (the train station is one example). I did have a couple of problems with this movie, however. The main character, Chihiro, got on my nerves a few times. She is a third-dimensional character, yes, but can't she PLEASE stop crying and screaming whenever she feels sad and scared?! The other problem I have with this movie is the music. I don't why, but sometimes the music doesn't sound very melodic. It's not the sort of music that you would remember for all time.
Well, despite those two flaws, this is still an excellent animated film. It may not be one of my favorites, but I can still acknowledge that this is one of the finest films to have ever been created since the beginning of this new millennium. Everyone should have a chance to watch it.
Grade: A-
Summary of Spirited Away [VHS]
From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated cinema comes the most acclaimed film of 2002. Hayao Miyazaki's latest triumph, filled with astonishing animation and epic adventure, is a dazzling masterpiece for the ages. It's a "wonderfully welcoming work of art that's as funny and entertaining as it is brilliant, beautiful, and deep" (Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal). SPIRITED AWAY is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. An unforgettable story brimming with creativity, SPIRITED AWAY will take you on a journey beyond your imagination. "To enter the world of Hayao Miyazaki is to experience a kind of lighthearted enchantment that is unique to the world of animation" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). It's a fantastic tale the whole family will want to experience over and over again.The highest grossing film in Japanese box-office history (more than $234 million), Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away (Sen To Chihiro Kamikakushi) is a dazzling film that reasserts the power of drawn animation to create fantasy worlds. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and Lewis Carroll's Alice, Chihiro (voice by Daveigh Chase--Lilo in Disney's Lilo & Stitch) plunges into an alternate reality. On the way to their new home, the petulant adolescent and her parents find what they think is a deserted amusement park. Her parents stuff themselves until they turn into pigs, and Chihiro discovers they're trapped in a resort for traditional Japanese gods and spirits. An oddly familiar boy named Haku (Jason Marsden) instructs Chihiro to request a job from Yubaba (Suzanne Pleshette), the greedy witch who rules the spa. As she works, Chihiro's untapped qualities keep her from being corrupted by the greed that pervades Yubaba's mini-empire. In a series of fantastic adventures, she purges a river god suffering from human pollution, rescues the mysterious No-Face, and befriends Yubaba's kindly twin, Zeniba (Pleshette again). The resolve, bravery, and love Chihiro discovers within herself enable her to aid Haku and save her parents. The result is a moving and magical journey, told with consummate skill by one of the masters of contemporary animation. MPAA Rated: PG ("Some scary moments") --Charles Solomon
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