magnificent movie with scary creatures and a strong heroine. This is a thrilling, spectacularly beautiful movie, though it's not for little kids who get scared
Hayao Miyazaki's sublime, fluid masterpiece about a 10-year-old girl lost in a shadowy amusement park for the spirits is a triumph of psychological depth and artistic brilliance offered as the magical adventures of one skinny girl
enchanting and impressively crafted; The hand-drawn animation from Miyazaki's studio is a feast for the eye, assimilating everyone from Monet to Kitagawa Utamaro to Henry Darger
director Hayao Miyazaki's insistence on hand-drawn graphics gives the CGI visuals an ethereal charm that ensures the story is always a pleasure to behold, even during its rare moments of inaction
a beautifully drawn and wonderfully composed work of art - really, no other description will do - which takes us on a rocket-fuelled flight of fancy, with tenderly and shrewdly conceived characters on board
"Spirited Away" is proof that a combination of imaginative and profound writing coupled with draughtsmanship of the highest calibre can exceed the wildest dreams of the innovative creator. It's vivid, amusing and genuinely awe-inspiring