In the case of "Spirited Away," in a simple moment ... be owned by the same witch who turned Chihiro's parents into pigs. Here's how the scene starts. Haku: Meet me at the bridge.

10-year-old Chihiro starts the film clinging desperately to her mother, afraid of statues and doorways, and disgruntled to be moving to a new town where she’ll have to confront her greatest fear ...

but Spirited Away lets its fingers run so deftly across the keys of dream, fantasy and memory that it's as much as you can do to keep from drowning (a fate that keeps rearing up in Chihiro's ...