Despite a couple of exasperating flaws, we enjoyed the animation and historical backdrop for Dreamworks' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002).

It turns out we were never really impressed by Blue Sky Studio's Ice Age (2002), and we still aren't.

My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002) by Lee Sung-gang was another movie that we didn't realize we enjoyed until after it was over.

We couldn't decide how much we liked Rintaro's Metropolis (2001) until the climax.

We were pleasantly surprised by how cute and fun Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) was.

Monsters, Inc. (2001) is a good balance of adorable and scary in true Pixar fashion.

Shinichiro Watanabe's Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) made us want to watch the show all over again.

Warner Bros.' Osmosis Jones (2001) had a promising premise, but the live-action dragged it down.

Satoshi Kon's second film Millennium Actress (2001) is both heart-warming and heart-wrenching.

In our discussion of Miyazaki's Spirited Away (2001), we dive into themes and folklore—and face a few fears.