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Pan's Labyrinth

Submitted by OuREO on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 23:51

This magical tale of fairy tales and a kid's imagination creates one of the best films that I've seen written specifically for film.  What do I mean by that?  Well most films of this genre and based on children's fantasy books such as Chronicles or LOTR.  But Guillermo del Toro a fine director and screenwriter produces what I think is his best work in Pan's Labyrinth.

The movie is about a young girl, Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), whose mother marries a captain of the spanish army after the civil war.  They move into a small base camp in a cottage where rebels have fled.  Ofelia meets a strange creature and learns that she is actually a princess in another world but in order to go to that world she must successfully pass three tests.

The film is definitly a fairy tale for adults.  The pain and cruelty of war isn't dumbed down in this R rated film.  A great film that is definitely a must see though.

Pan's Labyrinth gets a 9 out of 10.