Not a fairy tale for people under 17 years of age!!!!

Rating: 6/10 (28 July 2007)

What can I say about the creator/director of this feature that isn't known by cult movie watchers? Guillermo doesn't disappoint with his take into his interpreted world of darkness and the fantasy elements doesn't mask this either.
If you have been taken in by the possibilities of breathtaking art and fantasy do not be mislead because there is nothing whimsical about this movie.
It is ultra violent and in Del Toro's case, this is the norm. I would say that the movie had succeeded in turning me off or disturbing me in which I believe was the intention.
I have given this a 6 because it isn't bad in a Argento kind of way but being that I have a child myself, it is not the kind of thing that I find ideal for a young person to watch. But this is not clearly a case of a moral stance but I for one have thought that it was something that a young person could watch and be introduced to the darkest elements of life but I will take that mistake on my own account of ignorance and not that of those who presented this opus. I have also given this movie a 6 not because I am downplaying it with what I've expressed thus far but for me, the storyline is something where I take the attitude of "been there, done that." But I am not the type of person who bash cinematic art critically with unrealistic high expectations either.
With that being said, I believe that this is the darkest fantasy movie ever created because the contents mixed in well to give a very powerful atmospheric working. Yes folks, worlds collide and there are uncomfortable moments and this is coming from someone who's seen the most artsiest of films to the most violent of films down to the most trashiest of ones.