Excellent, with a slight disappointment.

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2007)

First off I have to say it was an excellent movie. It was not at all what I expected however, and I was a LITTLE disappointed, but not enough to disappoint.
Pans Labyrinth is a very dark movie. More to the point I found it depressing, which I think was the point. Ophelias (the little girl) world was a very dark, hopeless place. Which at first kind of contrasts the fantasy world she encounters. However that proves to be just as dark in a different way.
It is also a very violent movie. This didn't turn me off, in fact one scene left me "smiling from ear to ear" (people who saw it know what i mean :) ) But for a fantasy movie it is most certainly NOT for kids. Torture and murder are just sort of par for the course.
The reason i found it a little disappointing is that from the trailers I had imagined far more of the movie would take place in the fantasy world. In reality it is a fairly small percentage. The parts there are are fantastic. I just wish we could have explored the creative fantasy realm a lot deeper, and dwelled in the violent depressing world far less.
Overall though WELL worth seeing.