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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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Unlike most horror movies, this chiller gives equal prominence to reality and fantasy, though the reality is far more frightening.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
12/29/06
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

Pan's Labyrinth is a political fable in the guise of a fairy tale. Or maybe it's the other way around.

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12/29/06
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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It's like being in a labyrinth, you never know what's going to be around the next corner.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
12/29/06
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Is (1) a victim of its own hype, and (2) nothing like what it's being marketed as, but there is an audience involvement writer-director Guillermo del Toro manages to work up all the same.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment 2 Comments
12/29/06
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

...a precious chance to feel the wonder and fear of childhood once again.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
12/29/06
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

A fresh opportunity to revel in the darkly beautiful dreamscapes unleashed by the increasingly masterful del Toro.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
12/29/06
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

The dream horrors of the labyrinth mirror the human horrors of the world above in the way that classic fairy tales, in their unexpurgated form, always have.

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
12/29/06
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
MTV

Whole worlds open before our eyes and then fold back upon themselves; dimensions of time and space are creased into shape as if the movie was an elaborate origami creation.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
12/29/06
Jim Emerson
Jim Emerson
Chicago Sun-Times
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Del Toro's obvious strength here is his forceful vision of a night-time fantasy and his ability to bring that vision to pulsating life.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
12/28/06
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

This morbid, visually stunning fairy tale gives you plenty to think about and plenty to be entertained by.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
12/28/06
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

The only part where Pan errs is in its marketing, via a top-of-the-poster blurb that proclaims it a “fairy tale for grown-ups.”

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
12/28/06
Kevin Biggers
Kevin Biggers
FilmStew.com

Like his terrific 2001 The Devil’s Backbone, Mexican horrormeister Guillermo del Toro’s new movie offers us both real-life and fantastical monsters, and if you know his work, you won’t waste time figuring out which to root for.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
12/28/06
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

An achievement. Many films with 'split personalities' invest all their creative energy into one aspect of the story, causing the other one to founder and feel obligatory.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
12/28/06
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Literally and figuratively marvelous, a rich, daring mix of fantasy and politics.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
12/28/06
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice

Pan succeeds both as a spectacular special-effects fantasy and as a psychological drama, with superb actors.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
12/28/06
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune

An escape from everyday dreariness of which you'll want more than the film will offer.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
12/28/06
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

An astonishingly inventive portrait of childhood fears and hopes, an eerily beautiful modern fairy tale that truly merits the overused adjective magical.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
12/28/06
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

He's managed to create one of those unexpected masterpieces that both touches both our inner child and our inner cynic, something that not too many people can do.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
12/28/06
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

...a startling, idiosyncratic combination of children's fantasy and brutal political realism that switches effortlessly from early Fascist-era Spain to the fairytale world of a young girl's imagination.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
12/28/06
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

For adults who remember those long-ago nights under the covers... its temptations prove almost too much to resist.

Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium | comment Comment
12/27/06
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
 
 
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