I was hesitant to watch this film because I did not really like Howl’s Moving Castle, but my five-year-old stepdaughter needed some entertaining so we decided to try this. She was enchanted (although a little scared in parts) and so was I. The animation is beautiful, but the story, a twisted fairy tale with ghosts, spirits and monsters, was engrossing. You never knew where it was going. It reminded me a lot of Alice in Wonderland. Highly recommended.

I had just gotten home from work around 1:30 at night and was flpping through the channels to unwind and stopped at a little girl arriving with her parents at an abandoned building. I didn’t know the name of the movie, the director, or any of the premise. And I don’t really fawn over animation. And even though I was dead tired I couldn’t help being captivated by the screen. It was beautiful! Enchanting! I sat through the whole film with my eyes wide open….

I hesitated to mark this “worth consuming” because I think that other Miyazaki films are much better. I would highly recommend Howl’s Moving Castle and Naussica of the Valley of the Wind over Spirited Away. This film felt slower and I was less interested. However, it is still better than many other films out there.

This movie was truly overrated and awful. I don’t know what anybody say in it. I will admit that the animation was cool but that was about it.

My first experience with a Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki film was when Spirited Away was in theatres. I took my 5 year old daughter to see it, and she fell in love. After that, whenever we found a Studio Ghibli DVD, we would buy it. I wanted her to be inspired by charachters other thatn the helpless Disney Princess archtypes, and Miyazaki is the answer. He makes movies that we can watch together and brings up topics I might not have thought to discuss. She may still want to play with Barbies, but at least sometimes they’re wolf princesses. And she tells all her friends that her favorite director is Hayao Miyazaki.

Eh. I didn’t love it, but it is worth seeing.

I was watching this with a 3 year old and when he got scared I told him it was just exciting and nothing bad was going to happen to the girl, that she’d be alright in the end, because she was the heroine. Does that spoil the effect? Is it wrong to tell kids this?

love it

We drove over an hour to see this movie in the theater. It was well worth it. Its beautifully drawn, a magical story and good for every age.

My daughter really likes this movie and Kiki’s delivery service. Kiki was ok, but I thought this one was magical for kids and adults.

Beautiful and enchanting film, fantastic animation and a really good story.Oh and lots of really bizarre and often cute animal god type things.Look out for the chicks ( baby chickens ) having a bath!