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Pan's Labyrinth

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Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

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Reviews Counted:188

Fresh:179

Rotten:9

Average Rating:8.5/10

Consensus: Pan's Labyrinth is Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups, with the horrors of both reality and fantasy blended together into an extraordinary, spellbinding fable. Told through the eyes of a little girl whose imaginary world is inhabited by nightmarish creatures, Pan's Labyrinth is a visually imaginative and allegorical take on the fears she faced in Spain during WWII.

Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for graphic violence and some language

Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:24-11-2006

Synopsis: Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, PAN'S LABYRINTH is a thrilling, violent fairy tale set in post-Civil War Spain. Ivana Baquero stars as Ofelia, a young girl who moves with her mother,... Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, PAN'S LABYRINTH is a thrilling, violent fairy tale set in post-Civil War Spain. Ivana Baquero stars as Ofelia, a young girl who moves with her mother, Carmen (Ariadna Gil), into the home of Captain Vidal (Sergi López), in an abandoned mill in the middle of dark, dangerous woods. Vidal is leading his team of soldiers against resistance fighters--and he will do whatever is necessary to kill every last one of them. As Vidal bosses around the pregnant Carmen, a flying creature leads Ofelia through a garden labyrinth and into an underground cave ruled by Pan (HELLBOY's Doug Jones), who believes that Ofelia might be the lost princess of this strange yet magical place. To prove she is royalty, Ofelia must complete three tasks, each more difficult and terrifying than the previous one. Meanwhile, Vidal is becoming more and more paranoid, torturing and murdering seemingly at will. Del Toro (THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE, HELLBOY, CRONOS) creates a marvelous battle between good and evil, between heroes and villains, in both the real world aboveground and the mystical land below. Baquero gives a compelling performance as the terrorized Ofelia, who is befriended by Mercedes (Maribel Verdú), a woman who harbors some secrets of her own. Stellar production design, superb special effects, and a stirring score by Javier Navarrete add to the scary fun. Selected as the closing-night entry in the 2006 New York Film Festival, PAN'S LABYRINTH is a captivating story that is not for the squeamish. [More]

Starring: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil

Starring: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones, Alex Angulo, Roger Casamajor, Ivana Massague

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Screenwriter: Guillermo Del Toro
Producer: Berta Navarro, Alfonso Cuaron, Frida Torresblanco, Alvaro Augustin
Composer: Javier Navarrete
Studio: Picturehouse

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Un ambicioso y no del todo convincente cuento de hadas para adultos, que reivindica el poder de la imaginación como vía de escape ante la adversidad y como arma frente a la intolerancia.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
02/03/07
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

... told both from the numb, accepting view of an adult... and from the eyes of a child where even the tiniest glimmer of hope pierces the darkness like a shard of starlight.

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
02/03/07
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

So breathtaking in its artistic ambition, so technically accomplished, so morally expansive, so fully realized that it defies the usual critical blather. See it, and celebrate that rare occasion when a director has the audacity to commit cinema.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
02/03/07
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

Del Toro specializes in taking horror and superhero films to bold, baroque places, yet Pan's Labyrinth is a step above his usual forays into the fantastic.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
02/03/07
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out New York

the most beautiful and redemptive film of 2006

Full Review Source: Old School Reviews | comment Comment
02/02/07
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews

This one has mind-blowing visuals that employ many 'organic' effects (del Toro prefers to use makeup prosthetics and other devices, eschewing computer graphics).

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
02/02/07
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

An uneasy mix of childlike, Tim Burton-esque imagination and brutal Spanish war-torn drama.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
02/02/07
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Employing elegance, tension, fright and invention, Pan's Labyrinth holds court with rapture and awe from start to finish, with an invigorating conclusion solidifying it as the stuff of stories-turned-legends. It's one of the best films of 2006.

Full Review Source: State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) | comment Comment
01/31/07
Nick Rogers
Nick Rogers
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)

Although it's a story of a child's fantasy world, Pan's Labyrinth is not for children.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
01/29/07
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Unlike many other popular fantasists, del Toro is brave and honest enough to acknowledge that if fantasy is a refuge, it's not necessarily a shield.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
01/29/07
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

A dark fairy tale that only Guillermo del Toro could bring to life. The screenwriter/director can do no wrong.

Full Review Source: Juicy Cerebellum | comment Comment
01/28/07
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

A film of great visual imagination, depicting a child's dream world on one hand, and man's inhumanity to man in the real world.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
01/28/07
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth brilliantly melds the realms of fairy tale and brutal 20th-century history. Beautiful, horrible and deeply affecting, it's the 21st century's first film masterpiece.

Full Review Source: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | comment 6 Comments
01/26/07
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

The fantasy segments are splendidly spooky and full of memorable images... a haunting heartbreaker... that dares to enter a troubled child's mind to sympathetically sort out the contents.

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
01/26/07
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Del Toro has realized a work of art that's too terrifying and politically motivated for young audience members who should be swept up in Ofelia's royal dreams.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Weekly | comment 9 Comments
01/25/07
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Charlotte Weekly

An imaginary garden with real toads.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
01/25/07
Louis Proyect
Louis Proyect
rec.arts.movies.reviews

A gorgeous film that ought to be seen on the largest screen possible -- try to catch it in a theater.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
01/24/07
Jette Kernion
Jette Kernion
Cinematical

Holy ruby slippers, is this one grim film. Enthrallingly spooky, appropriately frightful, but grim. Grim like it might make the Brothers Grimm say, "Well, it's a bit dark, isn't it?" in an accusatory tone.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
01/24/07
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Films this extraordinary don't come along every day -- or even every decade.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
01/24/07
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

... a maze of naive politics and gruesome brutality. It's no more about Franco's Spain than a can of Franco-American spaghetti is about Italian food.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment 15 Comments
01/22/07
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
 
 
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