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  • emza2511 Rank: Colonel 27th Mar 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    A Gothic fairy tale set against the back drop of post war repression Spain. Pans Labyrinth is told through the eyes of Ofelia, a dreamy young girl who with Carmen her mother is sent to live with her abusive step-father Captain Vidal. Captain Vidal is leading his team of soldiers against resistance fighters and he is willing do whatever it takes to kill every last one of them. As Vidal bosses around the pregnant Carmen, Ofelia choses to escape all this by emersing herself in a world or magical creatures and demons. She stumbles across a labyrinth where she meets Pan who believes she is the lost princess of the underworld and must complete three tasks to see if she is worthy of returning.
    Pans Labyrinth is by no means a children's film and is not for the squeamish, it is enchanting and haunting, a magical fairy tale for adults.
    Would definitely recommend it!

  • Cult Fiction Rank: Lieutenant 21st Feb 2007

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    In contrast to the many other reviews that this film received, I have to admit I was deeply disappointed with perhaps the whole film in its entirety. My flatmate insisted that this film would make a good choice between staying in on a Saturday night, instead of going out. Captivated by his words I thought his idea of watching a foreign language film would perhaps be quite interesting and somewhat different to the films he usually chooses. This film for me lacked a clear understanding for its ...

  • Mindy Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel 11th Dec 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    This is a Spanish fairytale that is more reality than fantasy. Set in the 1940's as the Spanish Civil War is ending, Ofelia and her frail, pregnant mother are going to live with her mother's new husband, a Captain in the Franco's army who is trying to round up rebel forces in the hills around the camp. He wants his son to be born near him. He is a hard man and Ofelia does not like him. She escapes into storybooks and makes friends with the head housekeeper, Mercedes, who happens to be a rebel sp ...