Spirited Away

“Magical is a word used casually about films like this, films about fantasy and childhood. Yet this one really does deserve it: an enchanted and enchanting feature from the Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki which left me feeling lighter than air. It is 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.”