Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Vintage:
July 27, 2001
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Ten year old Chihiro and her parents are moving to a new town and on a car ride they stop at a mysterious forest tunnel. Passing through it they come upon what looks like an abandoned theme park. Wandering off while her parents eat from food they find at a stall, Chihiro meets a called Haku, who warns her to leave. On returning she finds that her parents have turned into pigs and that the park and surroundings are filled with spirits. Aided by Haku, who seems to be 'good' but is a malevolent witch's henchman, the maid Rin, and the boilerman Kamiji, Chihiro finds her in a struggle to survive, save her parents, and return to the human world. This is a movie filled with romance, drama, magic, and at times, horror.
This is one of those films that you could show to people and change their opinion of anime. Well written, voiced and animated, and it won a well deserved Oscar. After seeing it, I bought the DVD for my daughter, who was 6 at the time and we both still love to watch it 3 years later.
In summary, I like the story, I like the character, I like the look and I love this movie!
